Bold Beautiful Borderline
Host and Licensed Clinical Social Worker Sara Abbott, provide a raw, honest, and sometimes humorous look into what it means to live with Borderline Personality Disorder and a variety of other conditions. From relationships, to anger, to sex, and to recovery, she along with guests (and her husband occasionally!) provides a behind the lens view on the world’s most stigmatized mental illness. You find Sara on IG @borderlinefromhell
Episodes
202 episodes
Starting The BPD Collective While Sober, Neurodivergent, and Borderline Feat. Jade
In today's episode you meet Jade, who is the Borderline Personality Disorder Collective Founder, Growth Manager + BPD & CPTSD Support Group FacilitatorThe Bristol Borderline Personality Disorder Collective (BBPDC) is a grassroots co...
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The Emotional Rollercoaster Meets The Emotional Hangover
Yeah, so... I was RIDING THAT SHIT YESTERDAY. And, today I am TIRED. So, let's talk the BPD rollercoaster again and how it's leaving me feeling today because ya'll I am not well. I apologize in advanced for the number of F words an...
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We Get Manipulated Too!
Listen, I'm tired of people saying individuals with BPD are SOOOO mean, SOOOO manipulative, SOOOO ______________. The research actually shows that we get manipulated too. In fact, we're at a HIGHER RISK for abuse, exploitation, etc...
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25:54
So You Want To Fire Your Therapist? (Feat. Steph)
You are under NO obligation to keep seeing a therapist that isn't a good fit for you. Today Steph and I talk about this in detail because she had to fire her therapist. Listen to hear what happened and how she went about that. Thanks Steph for ...
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47:32
We're Dropping Bombs and Talking Transitioning Part 2 (Feat Shane)
Hi ya'll! Shane is back to finish his episode of the podcast where we discuss his transition. Thanks Shane for sharing your story!
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Need More Proof On Borderline Stigma? I Got You.
Listen, it doesn't really need to be said again, but the borderline stigma is REAL. Very real. And here's a great example about how people with Borderline Personality Disorder often don't get treated for other conditions because of the stigma. ...
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The 6 Types of Boundaries
OMG WE MADE A VIDEO PODCAST FINALLY - WATCH THIS EPISODE HERE! Did you know there are six different types of boundaries? Yeah, I didn't either until I started practicin...
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We're dropping bombs (drugs, self-harm, and skill regression) Feat. Shane PART 1
In my first of two episodes with Shane we discuss having a regression in skills as you learn more about yourself and your neurodivergence and practice unmasking; our chronic struggles with self-harm; substance use; and more! Thank you, Shane, f...
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Injuries, surgeries, and relationships. Plus, Sara apologizes for overstepping. Part 2 (Feat Brooke)
Huge thanks to Brooke for these last two episodes on the podcast!
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So you want to be a DBT Therapist? But Academia is bullshit Part 1 (Feat. Brooke)
This episode did not go where Brooke and I planned and at first I had like a week's worth of guilt and shame. Did I overstep? Did Brooke think I was dissing her path? Did I hurt her feelings? Will everyone who listens think I'm abusive?
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Finding your voice with BPD (feat. Julien)
Julien is here today to talk about their experience with hospitalization when they were a minor within adult systems, being unsupported by treatment teams, their early start in transitioning, and ultimately finding their voice. Because their vo...
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44:05
The End of An Era - Laurie's Goodbye
Hi ya'll! Laurie and I recently made an announcement about her (really hard, as discussed in the episode) choice to leave the podcast to focus on The SuperFeelers Club and her future in advocacy. Please go look at the instagram post that we mad...
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Life as a trans woman with BPD and functional neurological disorder (feat. Jamie)
Jamie is a trans woman who was diagnosed with BPD in her 50’s after years of misdiagnoses. She also lives with functional neurological disorder, ADHD, severe anxiety and CPTSD that stemmed in part from church based abuseThis episode feat...
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Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program??? It's NOT Too Good To Be True. Feat Charlie Health
Today we speak with Emily from Charlie Health, a virtual therapeutic program offering intensive outpatient. In 2022 I learned about Charlie Health and their virtual intensive outpatient program for teens and young adults. At first ...
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Doing school while living in chaos (feat. Kim)
Kim is a psych nurse who was doing school in the midst of a ton of chaos. She shares with us her experiences growing up, getting diagnosed with BPD and histrionic PD, the challenges that come with a loss of a parent and the complexities of shar...
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45:39
Take Your Meds - Fighting Med Stigma
I've been struggling with some compassion fatigue lately regarding hearing individuals say they want to be unmedicated and look, I get it. Medication is a very personal choice and we all have autonomy and dignity to choose. I want everyone to m...
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Spirituality, religion and cultural impacts on BPD (feat. Leeah)
Leeah lives with borderline personality disorder and works full time as a 988 crisis line worker. She identifies as a Christ follower and shares about how her upbringing, African American culture, and spiritual life impact her emotional regulat...
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PART 2: THERAPISTS HAVE BPD, TOO??? (Feat. Melissa)
Last week you met Melissa and we chatted about being a therapist with BPD. This week we talk about her marriage, her wife's new career, a very vulnerable experience they have recently had and how she copes with triggers at work. Huge thanks to ...
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OMG ANOTHER THERAPIST WITH BPD (Feat. Melissa)
Everyone knows by now that Sara's BPD is a big source of fear for her as a therapist. And then Melissa showed up! Melissa is a Marriage and Family Therapist who also has BPD. She has strong insight and skills as a therapist as well as does sign...
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48:29
DDP, Suicide Prevention, and Embedded Badness (feat. Dr. Gregory)
Dr. Robert Gregory discusses his Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP) and Psychiatry High Risk Program, an evidence based alternative to dialectical behaviour therapy for people with borderline personality disorder. He also sh...
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Experiences with dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy (feat. Carly)
Carly (@jesuscoffeeandprozac) is a married mom of two who works as a substance use prevention counselor with middle school students. Though she has struggled with her mental health for almost 20 years, she was formally diagnosed with BPD in Jan...
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Discussing Laurie's Masters Research on BPD Peer Support (feat. Kat)
Kat (a Super Feeler from Scotland @gratitudeandtruth) and Laurie discuss the importance of sharing research related to BPD and the findings of Laurie's masters research where she used qualitative methods to learn about the experiences of people...
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PART 2: Making Friends in New Places (Feat. Brittni)
Today is PART II of our chat with Brittni. We're wrapping up her time on the podcast by chatting about how to make friends in new places and how she did so while traveling as a speech therapist. Register for DBT drop in here:
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PART 1: Practicing Radical Acceptance In A Chaotic Family System (Feat. Brittni)
Today you meet Brittni who will speak with us about her beautiful and difficult experience navigating family adversity and trauma as well as seeking DBT and how difficult that is in the Midwest. She is the perfect example of radical acceptance ...
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