Supporting a Family Member with Borderline Personality Disorder BPD

Paula Tusiani-Eng’s sister was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) after multiple hospitalizations and months of self-harm symptoms and suicidal thoughts. Although her treatment plan helped to stabilize her behaviors, one of the medications caused her to suffer a rare stroke and she died in 2001. Paula has since dedicated her life to supporting, educating and advocating for people impacted by borderline personality disorder through her organization, Emotions Matter. Subscribe to our email so that you never miss an episode https://medcircle.com/podcast Learn more about Emotions Matter and follow them on social media https://emotionsmatterbpd.org/ https://www.instagram.com/emotionsmatter/ https://www.facebook.com/emotionsmatterbpd https://twitter.com/embpd https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZY65I4LqtG4xO1sN2oRNyw Read her book Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder https://www.amazon.com/Remnants-Paper-Pamela-Tusiani-Tusiani-Eng/dp/0985571829 New York-Presbyterian Hospital Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center: https://www.nyp.org/bpdresourcecenter 00:00 Intro 01:28 This week’s guest 03:13 living with BPD symptoms & diagnosis 05:49 Finding treatment for Pamela’s BPD 07:52 Pamela’s death & grieving her loss 12:20 Writing a memoir about her sister’s struggle with BPD 19:24 Launching the BPD Resource Center at NY-Presbyterian 20:39 Starting Emotions Matter 30:01 Emotions Matter Support Group for BPD 34:13 Expanding their impact in the future 40:42 An encouragement for those impacted by BPD 47:20 Jackie’s recap #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #livedexperience #stories #borderlinepersonalitydisorder #bpd #grief #psychology #podcast