Acceptance and Stigma

Saviors use their perceived vulnerabilities and differences to create, strengthen, and creatively transform community. (170, Monica A. Coleman, Making A Way Out Of No Way ) I recently did an IOOV presentation for a group of pharmacy students who had just learned about personality disorders, so I took them step-by-step through how I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2012. I felt awkward during the presentation, as it was a departure from how I usually present, but it was received very well, with many of the students saying that they could see that there is hope for people with mental illness, so my job there is done. I am not going to post my whole presentation here, but I am going to post some of the parts that are different from what I have posted previously. ***TRIGGER WARNING: SELF-HARM DISCUSSION*** One of the major criteria is recurring suicidal gestures or self-harming behavior. I usually do not talk about that here, but I did talk about it during t