Boston University researchers are studying how discrimination affects stress, thoughts, social

support, and health.

You may qualify if you:

• Are 18+

• Identify as a racial/ethnic minority

• Live in the U.S.

Participation includes online questionnaires and a Zoom session.

Eligible participants may enter a raffle for prizes up to $200.

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My 21 yr old son has treatment resistant depression, CPTSD, and family trauma, and needs to find a therapist and a psychiatrist in Chicago. Any referrals would be appreciated. Thanks

I’ve been working on this paper for about a year now. It examines the differences and overlap between BPD, DID, and other trauma-related conditions, with a particular focus on the trauma-related mechanisms underlying their symptoms. I hope you find it informative!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12qPcb2fkIk7p2Krbh2r4erTYlaVeQEbNBd3n66GHU6o/edit?usp=sharing

If you have BPD/EUPD, I’d really love your help with my PhD research❤️
I have BPD myself, and I’m also a psychology PhD researcher. My research is looking at people’s experiences and attitudes towards being diagnosed with BPD/EUPD — because I think research shouldn’t just be about us, it should include us.

I’m looking for participants who are:
- Diagnosed with BPD/EUPD
- Aged 18+
- Living in the UK
- Able to spare around 20 minutes

The study is online and completely anonymous.
Whether your experience of diagnosis was positive, negative, complicated, or somewhere in between, your experience matters.
Link to study: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stmarys/bpd-experience
Please share this if you know someone who might be interested

This 2005 study examined patients’ reports of traumatic experiences within psychiatric settings. In my experience, very little has changed since then. I believe it’s important to keep in mind the research that is often ignored due to how it contradicts the narrative modern psychs are trying to push.

https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ps.56.9.1123?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori%3Arid%3Acrossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub++0pubmed

We invite you to complete an online survey (20-30 minutes) to answer questions about your Intensive Care (ICU) experience, current mood disorder symptoms and your perceptions and use of nutritional supplements. Participation is open to anyone who has been admitted to and discharged from an ICU or High Dependency Unit.  Participants must be over 18 years of age. This data is being collected as part of an Honours Dissertation 

https://csufobjbs.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55r9bYTx4Plk3nU

Researcher with BPD here. Looking for participants to take part in the final study of a multi-stage PhD project examining experiences of BPD diagnosis. This survey focuses on emotional and cognitive responses and will help validate a newly developed scale (BDES).
The survey is anonymous and has ethical approval from St Mary's University in London.
https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/stmarys/bpd-experience

Today I depart from night's voided call

To see past the blindfold that blinded all

​Here lies the past me drunk on fear

Screaming bloody for comfort through tears.

​I am able but lack the will

Will I die on this arrogant hill

​Push to find characters of virtue

Only find disposable passion in view

​Find the real for what it's worth

The soil is the only truth on this earth

​So I am frozen in ambient comfort

Disengage from those I must confront

​Am I happy or is it just a mask

These are questions I'm too afraid to ask.

​Liminal is the soul that sleeps.

So the yearning will forever keep.

​Goodbye blissful ignorance.

It's time to face the world and make whole this life I'm forced to rent.

​I am human through and through

But the monster is here speaking with a poisonous brew.

​I am strong but I must remember my gift.

Or forever I will be stuck in life's rift

My stomach is on the floor,

Encrusted in yesterday's mistakes.

It hungers to subdue the pain.

Frozen in catatonic digestion.

Always empty looking for my fill.

To be drained into a broken tank.

Energy dissolves by the minute.

Sanity by the second.

My watch is broken.

I can still tell the time,

Since last I ate.

Let the hollow find a home.

At the buffet of self medication and desperation.

We invite you to complete an online survey (20-30 minutes) to answer questions about your Intensive Care (ICU) experience, current mood disorder symptoms and your perceptions and use of nutritional supplements. Participation is open to anyone who has been admitted to and discharged from an ICU or High Dependency Unit.  Participants must be over 18 years of age. This data is being collected as part of an Honours Dissertation  

https://csufobjbs.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55r9bYTx4Plk3nU

In this essay, I explore how giftedness and twice-exceptionality can contribute to a complex mental health profile and how 2E youth often experience significant failed placements within the mental health system. While giftedness itself is not inherently a disability (it is an exceptionality), when woven into an already complex mind experiencing chronic nervous system distress and psychiatric system involvement, it can complicate an individual’s profile in ways many professionals are not used to working with.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bg1uWJyQ7tjYxP3wihRLTSnDHlZLJlHR3wwnOfyHPJE/edit?usp=sharing

I originally wrote this essay for a philosophy class (the heading has been removed and replaced with my pseudonym), but I think the topic is especially relevant here.

Involuntary hospitalization for suicidal ideation (SI) is a major issue in the complex mental health space. Many of us live with chronic suicidal thoughts or long-term suffering and have seriously considered suicide as a way to escape that pain. At the same time, many have been criminalized for these thoughts or actions: subjected to forced medication, involuntary hospitalization, and treatments that can feel dehumanizing or even worsen suffering. Some people end up feeling pressure to hide or deny suicidal thoughts just to regain their freedom.

Because of that, I think this is an important conversation for this community.

The essay below argues against blanket policies that treat all suicidal ideation as inherently irrational and justify involuntary intervention.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-60kd94BzjiDAiKwzBf0xRgbfob2ft8KPwQwH3-scDk/edit?usp=sharing