[bpdtransformation]

Hello,
I thought some readers might be interested in this interview I did with Lewis Madrona about BPD and the American mental health system:

https://bpdtransformation.wordpress....health-system/

going to: bpdtransformation (dot) wordpress (dot) com also accesses the interview directly if that is the wrong link.

Some highlights from the interview by Lewis:

On BPD as an identity: “What the label BPD is is a story or identity that people are encouraged to take on. And it’s not necessarily a story that’s conducive to feeling well or being well…”

On DBT and its founder: “Marsha Linehan would say people get better, hope, you can feel better, you can do these things and you will feel better.”

On BPD as a lifelong illness: “I think it’s really insane to say that the label (BPD) is lifelong… I mean how do you know that?… It’s not even logical. It’s a pretty cruel world we live in where we make people incurable – is it so we don’t have to work hard to understand them?”

On Recovery: “(In response to my question about can people labeled BPD truly get well)… Oh absolutely, absolutely. And you know I think that it’s the same work whatever your label is.”

On the role of medication: “I think the role for medication in our society has become a replacement for community… The medications don’t produce lasting change… no real solutions take place.”

On writing your own story: “The science behind BPD is not good at all… I always remind people that the DSM is mostly created by white males over 50 years old sitting in hotel rooms around the beltway of Washington DC. These may not be the people you want to write your story… The story you create might be a lot more interesting.”

[dancinglady]

Originally Posted by bpdtransformation

Hello,
I thought some readers might be interested in this interview I did with Lewis Madrona about BPD and the American mental health system:

https://bpdtransformation.wordpress....health-system/

going to: bpdtransformation (dot) wordpress (dot) com also accesses the interview directly if that is the wrong link.

Some highlights from the interview by Lewis:

On BPD as an identity: “What the label BPD is is a story or identity that people are encouraged to take on. And it’s not necessarily a story that’s conducive to feeling well or being well…”

On DBT and its founder: “Marsha Linehan would say people get better, hope, you can feel better, you can do these things and you will feel better.”

On BPD as a lifelong illness: “I think it’s really insane to say that the label (BPD) is lifelong… I mean how do you know that?… It’s not even logical. It’s a pretty cruel world we live in where we make people incurable – is it so we don’t have to work hard to understand them?”

On Recovery: “(In response to my question about can people labeled BPD truly get well)… Oh absolutely, absolutely. And you know I think that it’s the same work whatever your label is.”

On the role of medication: “I think the role for medication in our society has become a replacement for community… The medications don’t produce lasting change… no real solutions take place.”

On writing your own story: “The science behind BPD is not good at all… I always remind people that the DSM is mostly created by white males over 50 years old sitting in hotel rooms around the beltway of Washington DC. These may not be the people you want to write your story… The story you create might be a lot more interesting.”

Interesting. These are the very reasons I left my mental health career behind. I had lots of hope when I very first obtained my degrees only to hit the first job. All I heard was medicate Medicate medicate and do not treat BPD. Low and behold one of our peers stuck it out and created DBT. Hats off to her.