Mental Health My Beautiful, Borderline Mind September 6, 2017January 1, 2019by Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments on My Beautiful, Borderline Mind The self-hating borderline is the one that the world loves the most. It's an uncomfortable truth, then, when I tell people that I don't hate myself.
Mental Health 7 Signs Your Psychiatrist Is a Keeper August 24, 2017August 24, 2017by Sam Dylan Finch8 Comments on 7 Signs Your Psychiatrist Is a Keeper “You defer to me a lot,” he pointed out, laughing. “You’re allowed to have an opinion.”
Mental Health Your Bias Against People With Borderline is Still Ableist August 15, 2017January 1, 2019by Sam Dylan Finch13 Comments on Your Bias Against People With Borderline is Still Ableist So long as we keep treating borderline as synonymous with abuse, we take a very painful and difficult disorder and deeply stigmatize it.
Mental Health An Open Letter To My Teenage Self (Before You Try To End Your Life) February 25, 2017August 11, 2017by Sam Dylan Finch19 Comments on An Open Letter To My Teenage Self (Before You Try To End Your Life) You will know what it's like to be in awe of yourself, startled but not afraid.
Mental Health How Many Mental Disorders Is Too Many? October 22, 2016January 1, 2019by Sam Dylan Finch9 Comments on How Many Mental Disorders Is Too Many? In a society that tells us we're broken if we have one mental illness, what happens when you have six?
Mental Health Not Otherwise Specified: The Pain Of Hearing ‘I Don’t Know’ June 24, 2016January 1, 2019by Sam Dylan Finch15 Comments on Not Otherwise Specified: The Pain Of Hearing ‘I Don’t Know’ When I lost "bipolar," I lost more than just a label – I lost the story that helped me make sense of it all.