• I Don’t Have BPD; I’m Autistic (In Their Words)

    I Don’t Have BPD; I’m Autistic (In Their Words)

    Autism or BPD? Autism or BPD? As a follow-up on my previous autism-related pieces (e.g., here), I would like to briefly cover my autism assessment results. I guess this run-down also acts as a follow-up on my prior personality disorder writing – and pretty much all the mental health content. While sharing this is immensely […]

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  • A Brief History of Borderline Personality Disorder’s Name

    A Brief History of Borderline Personality Disorder’s Name

    This article was originally published on Psychreg. The term “borderline personality disorder” (BPD) is interesting in psych nomenclature. Usually, psychosocial illnesses are named after their most prominent symptoms. For example, bipolar disorder (formerly, manic depression) refers to the “two poles” of mania and depression. Many medical conditions have carried different labels throughout history; even now, […]

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  • An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder

    An Overview of Avoidant Personality Disorder

    If you’re a reader of BPD Beautiful, you most probably either have borderline personality disorder (BPD) or know somebody close to you who has it. Or perhaps you’re just interested in the topic of personality disorders and want to know more. BPD is one of the best-known of these conditions. Much research in the personality […]

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