Content note: This article contains in-depth descriptions of self-harm and discussions of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. The first time I saw the film American Beauty, one scene stood out to me. Annette Bening stood in the living room of a home she was trying to sell. She assertively closed the vertical blinds, turned around, and started to cry. She then slapped her … [Read more...]
Sociopaths, Borderlines, and Psychotics: 3 Mental Illnesses We Must Stop Hating On
This article was originally published on EverydayFeminsim.com and is republished with permission. (Content warning: discussion of trauma, violence, suicide) When I was nineteen years old, I enrolled in a class called Abnormal Psychology. It was a survey course on mental illness, and it was the first step in my path to becoming a social worker and psychotherapist. At the … [Read more...]
Pushing Back: Women with Borderline Personality Disorder Deserve Love
All too often, I’ll be perusing the internet with some kind of goal in mind and I’ll get totally sidetracked on something that makes me say, “I can’t believe what I’m reading.” We all know that feeling -- when you find something so jaw-droppingly silly that you simply cannot go back to what you were doing before. This week, that shocker for me was stumbling upon Paul Elam’s … [Read more...]
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