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Lost confused alone? welcome home. my name is Leo and we talk recovery spiritually mental wellbeing and much more. 🎵 Music Credit — Smylin Coyote Music featured in this podcast is used under licence and with the explicit permission of the creators, Smylin Coyote — an emerging American band currently making waves in the U.S. music scene. All other music is royalty free All music remains the property of its respective creators and rights holders.

  1. Aug 18

    NEURODIVERSE: Borderline Personality Disorder — What the Textbook Says vs What It Feels Like

    What does Borderline Personality Disorder actually feel like to live with? In the first episode of my NEURODIVERSE series, I take a deep dive into BPD — moving beyond diagnostic terminology to explore the human reality behind it. We look at emotional dysregulation, fear of abandonment, relationships, anger, impulsivity, identity, emptiness, dissociation, stigma, treatment and recovery. Alongside the clinical understanding, I explore anonymous lived experiences from people with BPD and share extensively from my own life: where the textbook reflects my experience, where it doesn't, and what I've learned from living through it. This is a long-form episode because I didn't want to reduce a complicated condition — or the people living with it — to a checklist of symptoms. A clarification about NICE: During the episode I refer several times to NICE. NICE is the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, a public body that produces evidence-based guidance and recommendations for health and social care in England. At points during the recording I may incorrectly refer to NICE alongside, or as, a charity. That description is incorrect. The clinical guidance attributed to NICE in the episode is being discussed as guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. This episode is intended for education and discussion and includes personal lived experience. It is not medical advice and should not be used for self-diagnosis. The diagnosis is information. It isn't identity. It isn't morality. And it isn't destiny. Daywalkers. Creatures of the Night. Warriors. Welcome to NEURODIVERSE.

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Lost confused alone? welcome home. my name is Leo and we talk recovery spiritually mental wellbeing and much more. 🎵 Music Credit — Smylin Coyote Music featured in this podcast is used under licence and with the explicit permission of the creators, Smylin Coyote — an emerging American band currently making waves in the U.S. music scene. All other music is royalty free All music remains the property of its respective creators and rights holders.