Freelance Writer
Podcaster and fellow WordPresser, Michelle Clonch (https://michellefightsbpd.com/) invited me onto her podcast, having read my piece about Borderline Personality Disorder and The Chameleon Effect.
Taming the Chameleon can be a big part of achieving sustainable recovery in BPD, but what happens when daily life is completely upended – including our opportunities to socialise?
I write a quarterly series on the subscription website, Channillo, entitled How To Wear Odd Socks. It is an autobiographical story about events that have shaped my mental health, the manifestation of my Borderline Personality Disorder, my diagnosis, and my move towards sustainable recovery. Chapters from various life-stages are interspersed with a practical view of the illness itself, and methods of management.
The latest chapter is now live on the site, and details the key features of Borderline Personality Disorder, comorbid conditions, and the ways in which it all intersects, in a wobbly web of the mind.
Here is an excerpt from that chapter, which hopefully contains some useful information, and provides an idea of what you can find in this series
You can read my Channillo series for free this week, as I have some bronze membership gift codes to give away. Channillo is a serialised literature platform, featuring all forms of writing, from all kinds of authors. It is a subscription site that offers three levels of monthly Channillo membership. The bronze membership package allows... Continue Reading →
The latest instalment of my series, Odd Socks, is now available to read on Channillo - the serialised literature subscription website. Monthly subscriptions to the site are available - the lowest of which is $4.99 (£3.40), and allows to follow any 10 series of your choice. Odd Socks is currently released quarterly, which means you can... Continue Reading →
As promised, my new literary series, Odd Socks, is now live on Channillo. It's the story of becoming unwell with Borderline Personality Disorder, and getting better, through understanding the illness, and learning to manage it. It's told against a backdrop of global, national, local and personal events, interspersed with chapters detailing my understanding of how the... Continue Reading →
I’ve been doing pretty well lately, in terms of managing my Borderline Personality Disorder. I have, for the most part, been keeping everything on an even keel. Sure, there have been stressful situations and phases – but I have dealt with them using a variety of strategies, such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, and there has... Continue Reading →
This article was commissioned by BPD Magazine in December 2013, for their second issue. The periodical was the first ever printed magazine to specifically cover the subject of Borderline Personality Disorder, and launched in the autumn of 2013. Unfortunately - after publishing an excellent premiere issue packed with informative articles by mental health professionals, those diagnosed with BPD, and those caring... Continue Reading →
In Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the unstable sense of self is the eye of the storm. It is the structurally unsound foundation upon which a fluctuating identity rests. Around this core swirls a fog of complex behaviours – all connected, all problematic in their own right, and all unconsciously developed to cocoon the centre, from... Continue Reading →
One of the biggest and most challenging aspects of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often 'The Chameleon Effect' – or ‘mirroring’. This is the constant, unconscious change in the person’s ‘self’, as they struggle to fit in with their environment, or the people around them. It is, essentially, a fluctuating identity. It is the manifestation... Continue Reading →
Sarah Myles 