Better, Not Perfect Podcast
Better, Not Perfect Podcast
You've got a friend in me
I am an individual living with mental illness who felt hopeless for so long in pursuing the idea of perfect mental health. Once I started accepted that mental health gets, "Better, not perfect" I was able to start down a journey of healing. I hope to spread this message with the intent of sharing with people my story of having diagnoses that I felt defined me and how I have been able to heal. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
BPD & Me: Suicidal behavior or self-injury
In this episode I discuss suicide as it relates to BPD. It's okay to need support. National suicide hotline: 1-800-273-8255. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 25, 2021
8 min
BPD & Me: Paranoia or loss of contact with reality
In this episode of the mini-series BPD & Me, I discuss the diagnostic criterion for Borderline Personality Disorder; Stress-Related Paranoia or loss of contact with reality. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 25, 2021
4 min
BPD & Me: Lack of Identity
In this episode I discuss identity disturbance as it relates to Borderline Personality Disorder. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 23, 2021
7 min
Demystifying Psychiatric Hospitals
I have received a lot of questions about what it's like to be hospitalized on a psychiatric ward. I answer some questions I have gotten and hope to breakdown the barriers that exist to getting care. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 22, 2021
12 min
BPD & Me: Impulsivity
In this episode I discuss my own symptoms of impulsiveness and the medication that helped me control this symptom. This is not medical advice and please talk to your own physician or advanced care provider about your own health.  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 22, 2021
5 min
BPD & Me: Fear of Abandonment
In this episode I discuss the symptom of fearing abandonment in those who live with BPD. As I discuss this often evolves due to not having had the proper nurture and consistent care as an infant, thereby, not being able to trust others. However, you can never be abandoned by your current caretaker (Hint hint: yourself). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 21, 2021
18 min
Introduction to Mini-Series:BPD & Me
Welcome, to my mini-series on living with Borderline Personality Disorder. In this introduction to my mini-series I give an overview of the condition and discuss the nine diagnostic criteria for the disorder. In the episodes to follow I will be discussing the symptoms one by one.  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 21, 2021
3 min
Finding love in a psychiatric hospital
I recently got engaged to someone I met while involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital. Here's our story. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 20, 2021
5 min
Mini-Series: My Journey with Munchausern's Part 5: Healing
In this episode I talk about my own healing journey which includes a combination of medications, therapy and group therapy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 20, 2021
14 min
Mini-Series: My Journey with Munchausens's Part 4: The one in which a nurse saves my life
In this episode I will discuss the moment in which I was finally able to open up to a medical professional about my Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self and how transformational this was in my healing journey. TW: Suicide, self-harm --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/i-am-munchausen1/support
Mar 20, 2021
12 min
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