What It’s Like to Support Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)

In this week’s episode of “It’s All In Your Head”, you’ll understand what it’s like to support someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Living with BPD isn’t easy, and supporting someone with borderline personality disorder can also be challenging. Discover what it’s like to support someone with borderline personality disorder (BPD) in this interview.

Paula Tusiani-Eng’s sister was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder aka BPD after multiple hospitalizations, plus 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.

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

It’s All In Your Head is a new podcast brought to you by MedCircle. You can watch more educational mental health videos on borderline personality disorder, narcissism, and other personality disorders and mental illness topics, with various psychologists and psychiatrists like Dr Ramani Durvasula, Dr Judy Ho, and more! Go to https://watch.medcircle.com.

LEARN MORE about Emotions Matter:
Website: https://emotionsmatterbpd.org/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emotionsmatter/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emotionsmatterbpd
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embpd
youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZY65I4LqtG4xO1sN2oRNyw

READ THE BOOK:
Remnants of a Life on Paper: A Mother and Daughter’s Struggle with Borderline Personality Disorder (2014). 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

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