Global Health Mag

The main thing people ask about my mental health is how I cope when it gets bad. The answer is, I don’t. I spend days upon days in bed or zoned out. I barely eat, drink or even move. The problem is that I have college on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and I still have to go no matter how I’m …

Before my borderline personality disorder developed into the full-blown nightmare that it is today, waking up in the morning was a more or less straightforward and predictable affair. I would get out of bed, have some breakfast and brush my teeth — the standard a.m. rituals that the vast majority of us perform automatically. The most difficult and demanding part of my morning was …

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is something quite complex. I’m a believer that each person with BPD will experience it differently. For starters, there are nine possible symptoms and a diagnosis of BPD only requires five of them to be met. Here, I’m going to focus on two symptoms I struggle with managing. The reason I focus on two is because these symptoms …

Most of us know that borderline personality disorder (BPD) is heavily attached to damaging stereotypes and stigma. One of these misconceptions is that all people with BPD are automatically violent, manipulative and suicidal. Of course, that is not always the case. In fact, some people with borderline struggle so quietly and internally, that on the outside, they appear to be “normal” or “faking it.” Believe …

When I was first diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), I did what anyone in this internet age would do, I Googled it. I didn’t like everything I read, but a lot of it made sense, except for one thing. Everything I read said those suffering from BPD sometimes go without having real and lasting relationships. This scared me, and …

It’s 3 a.m. when I write this article. I haven’t slept in over 24 hours and I’m tired of staring at my ceiling. I don’t know what the cause of my inability to sleep is; it might be a hormonal imbalance of melatonin or a standard sleep disorder, but the reality is that my borderline personality disorder (BPD) only makes …

In 2016, Davidson revealed his Crohn’s disease diagnosis, an autoimmune disorder in which parts of the digestive system become inflamed (via People). He’s also been very candid about his depression, telling Charlamagne Tha God in 2020: “I’m always depressed, all the time. I have to constantly bring myself out of it. I wake up depressed, but now I know my …

While music isn’t a “cure” for mental illnesses like borderline personality disorder (BPD), oftentimes it can perfectly describe what it’s like to live with them. Because BPD has nine “classic” symptoms, we asked members of our Mighty community to share songs that represent their experience with each symptom. In addition to their song recommendations, we included definitions of each symptom so you can …

For Pete Davidson, being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder was a relief. In fact, he told Glenn Close for Variety’s Actors on Actors series that the moment felt like a huge weight was “lifted off [his] shoulders.” Dimitrios Kambouris / Getty Images / Via instagram.com “I got diagnosed with BPD a few years ago, and I was always just so confused all the time, and just thought something …

We were THE couple cut to it ended to nothing. can someone having BPD give me an insight what just happened? IT was my first ever relationship with this super amazing girl, She was a ball of sunshine, I mean it. I try to hate her but I can’t. We were there for each other through the entire one month …

People with BPD have a strong stigma associated with their disorder, so much so that the majority of people with BPD never get diagnosed, as they can’t recognize themselves in the vitriol written about BPD that evokes the textbook narcissistic behaviors of their abusers. Many stay in denial lifelong, trauma bonding with toxic enmeshments until it kills them in a …

In my experience, borderline personality disorder (BPD) still remains one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized mental illnesses in the DSM. Many just simply cannot understand what it’s like to live with the disorder and how truly debilitating it can become. My experience with BPD has left me unable to perform properly in the workplace for months and unable to leave my …

If you live with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you’re probably familiar with the nine classic criteria commonly associated with the diagnosis. Symptoms like frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, uncontrollable anger and black-and-white thinking often plague people who live with BPD. To learn more, check out the graphic we created below. While we tend to focus on the symptoms themselves, we don’t always talk about the one thing that often …

It’s a typical Tuesday evening and I’m enjoying a night in, catching up on some TV shows and sipping on some lavender tea to wind down before bed. Around 8 p.m., I receive a text message from someone I have been seeing for a few weeks. He tells me simply, “I’m not interested in continuing this,” and then I’m ghosted. …

The whirlwind romance of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson is over. Multiple media outlets, including CNN and People, are reporting the split. The news was first reported by TMZ. Neither Grande, 25, nor Davidson, 24, have commented, but he deleted his Instagram account Sunday night. USA TODAY has reached out to Davidson’s and Grande’s representatives for comment. Love blossomed for the pop star and the “Saturday Night …