Like most moments when one decides that it is time to make a change, it began when I told myself that I had finally had enough. It was the early morning of my twenty-sixth birthday. A dull headache was rising as I stepped outside, shivering amidst the November air. I…

He tells you he’s not mad at you; he was just overwhelmed. “Overwhelmed with the situation, or with me?” “Both.” Between a pause and a jaded laugh, you tell him, “Well, life in general mostly overwhelms me.” …

He said that you didn’t listen. That you chose not to hear him when he spoke. That you would respond, but never really receive his message. He points to the cotton balls and wads of toilet paper stained with your mascara outside of the tiny plastic trashcan for proof. …

He tells you, it’s been great catching up. And what you hear is, he enjoys you in small portions. What you don’t tell him is, you need him in regular servings. You two don’t speak everyday anymore. It was too much for him. But it was never enough for you. He rushed through…

My Father told me he would pay for the lie detector test. He believed that if it was true, I wouldn’t have stayed with my boyfriend — and I certainly wouldn’t have still been in love with him. We were inside his truck when I told him, in between sobs…

Part Two: Interpersonal Relationships & Recovery Borderline Personailty Disorder is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods, behaviour, and relationships. The disorder has made regulating my emotions and thoughts very difficult. It has played a significant role in making my relationships unstable, because of my deep fear of rejection, and abandonment. …

Part One: Diagnosis and Representation I’ve been talking about Borderline Personailty Disorder (BPD) for almost eight years now, ever since a therapist suggested it when I was 15 years old. Though it wasn’t until I was 20 that I was officially diagnosed, because of hesitation from medical professionals to stick the label onto me at…

I often joke that it’s hard to know what to place the blame of my emotional ups and downs on: My personality disorder, my zodiac sign, or my period? Most people with a uterus can agree, periods are physically exhausting. Cramps suck. Bloating sucks. Frequent visits to the bathroom suck…