In 2016, my daughter, Jessica, died from an accidental drug overdose after years of struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD). Her painting, “My Iron Lung” (2015), and my National Park photograph, “Dead Blue Jay (2016), will be jointly exhibited. Both works were specially requested by Cameron Le Roux, the exhibition’s coordinator at Mount Sinai. Details: https://xiomaro.com/event/brain/

Hi, I’m Andrea

I write from the intersection of memory, reading, neurodivergence, and what often feels like emotional overflow. I’m interested in the crossroads between migration, feminism, and mental health.

I come from other platforms hoping to find a gentler space here—to share books, ideas in progress, and reflections on living with BPD and OCD.

If any of this resonates with you, I’d love to connect

Paie ton retour de flamme.
Je fais mon pilulier hebdomadaires les mardis soir (c'est tombé comme ça). L'autre jour j'en ai eu marre je me suis commandé un pilulier mensuel pour le faire une fois par mois, y passer une demi-heure et hop.

Je le reçois, je passe environ dix minutes à tout ouvrir, et je prépare mes boîtes de médocs à ouvrir et à intégrer dans les piluliers journaliers. J'ai dû faire plusieurs voyages entre la cuisine et la salle de bains. La quantité m'a fait bader. J'avais tellement d'emballages à jeter après, juste pour un mois…

J'ai fait mon calcul : sept comprimés par jour (cinq le matin, deux le soir) - 2555 comprimés par an.

Ajoutez les ruptures, les franchises médicales, les courses après les ordonnances… finalement j'aurais peut-être dû rester avec mon pilulier hebdomadaire vu la déprime.

Older people love to give unsolicited medical advice that's been obsolete for 30+ years. No, Maude, I'm not getting a lobotomy.

ME: I'm sorry that I disappeared there for a few months.
FRIEND: It's okay. How've you been?
ME: *already disappeared again*

"Of all the personality disorders, the Borderline Personality Disorder is of most concern for clinicians. Specifically, many clinicians believe that this disorder is untreatable, and this belief persists despite research evidence to the contrary. In fact, more research has been published on this disorder than any other personality disorder, and increasingly it indicates that this disorder is quite treatable. For example, Zanarini and colleagues (Zanarini, Frankenburg, Reich, & Fitzmaurice, 2010) followed nearly 300 individuals prospectively over a ten-year period. They found that one half these individuals achieved total recovery. That meant that they no longer met diagnostic criteria for this disorder and also attained reasonable social and occupational functioning. The good news of this important prospective study is that for individuals with this disorder, treatment can be quite successful."

-- Len Sperry: Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5-TR Personality Disorders (2025)

https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032617930

My unhealthy coping strategies have become my whole personality at this point.

Time for a new #introduction post.

Hiya. I'm Dreadful Sanity aka Mel, a level 47 gamer from Germany. #Videogames keep me basically from going completely crazy and therefore alive. I'm #disabled, suffering from debilitating #migraines most days of the week. I also have #ADHD which means my brain is usually going all over the place. And last but not least, there is some #BPD mixed into the mess that I am. Beware of that.

The games that I usually alternate through are...
#Warcraft
#DragonAge
#MassEffect
#Cyberpunk2077
#TheSims4
#BaldursGate3

Though every now and then I will play something new. Or different.

I think that's all.

Literally all men in my family, including my non-binary self:
https://youtu.be/V64QIbw3sH8?si=s7zdKb7k8tAEobDG
#workaholic #psychology #SocialHarm #CollectiveTrauma #BPD #ClusterBPDs #Capitalism #ChildhoodTrauma #DysfunctionalFamily #EmotionalNeglect #NPD #ASPD
https://youtu.be/V64QIbw3sH8?si=Y4RcqaRtl3Ond8jn

#Gifsartidote:
After a long day of watching humans destroy life on earth I attempt sleep ONLY after watching a bit of #RussellHoward

It does work although I can’t stop my brain from even politically analysing his fucking jokes. #BPD #DysthymicDisorder get me the fuck out of here.

https://youtu.be/h9gKOlCJzNM?si=hHmlo35R-naeDKzs

Artist: ChronicallyMeh on Insta
#chronicillnessmemes #chronicillnesshumor #chronicillness #autoimmune #chronicallyill #spoonie #spoonielife #spooniememes #mentalhealth #mentalillness #depression #depressed #bpd