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SEASON 7 AIRING NOW! The BPD bunch is a talk show, featuring a panel of people who are in functional recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder. Each week we discuss BPD-related topics to help give you insights into the different ways BPD can be expressed in someone’s life. We also cover the different paths we followed on our recovery journeys to give you hope and direction for your own ❤️🩹
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- BPD, Reckless Sex & Self-Punishment: Why We Hook Up When We Don't Want To · 17 minWhat if you keep hooking up with people, even when you don’t really want to, because deep down you believe it’s all you deserve? In this minisode, Xannie, Mo, Georgette, and Raf…
- Why Does Having No Sense of Self Make Loss So Devastating? (BPD) · 19 minWhy can losing someone feel like losing your entire world when you have BPD? In this minisode, Xannie, Katja, Carys, and Justin answer a viewer’s question about why lacking a…
- BPD Diagnosis: Misdiagnosis, Identity, Recovery & the DSM-5 (AMPD) The BPD Bunch Season 7 · 32 minWhat if the way BPD is diagnosed doesn’t actually capture what you’re experiencing? In our Season 7 finale, Xannie, Katja, and Justin reflect on what they learned about the…
- BPD and Rage: Explosive Anger, Lashing Out & Learning to Stop (Hostility Part 2) The BPD Bunch Season 7 · 39 minHave you ever gotten so angry that you knew you were making things worse, and still couldn’t seem to stop?In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Mo, Raf, Georgette, Katja, and…
- BPD and Hostility: Rage, Resentment & Hurting People You Care About (The BPD Bunch S7) · 38 minHave you ever been so angry at someone that hurting them felt completely justified? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Mo, Raf, Georgette, Katja, and Justin get brutally…
- BPD and Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT): Why Our Thinking Gets Stuck (ft. Robert Drozek) · 57 minUnderstanding why you behave a certain way doesn’t always mean you know how to change it. In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie sits down with Bob Drozek, director of the…
- BPD and Risk Taking Part 2: How We Learned To Stop · 28 min · Sezonul 7What does it actually take to stop taking risks when they’ve become your way of coping? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, André, Georgette, Melanie, Justin, and Dan talk…
- BPD and Risk-Taking: Unsafe Sex, Strangers, Drugs & Reckless Decisions · 35 minHave you ever known something could end badly and still felt like the risk barely mattered in the moment? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, André, Georgette, Melanie…
- Why We Keep Doing Things We Know We'll Regret | BPD Impulsivity (The BPD Bunch S7) · 29 minHave you ever known an impulsive decision would probably end badly and still felt like you had to do it anyway? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Mo, Céline, and Melanie…
- BPD Made Chaos Feel Good: Unstable Relationships, Chronic Emptiness & Learning to Feel (ft. Freya Fire) · 45 minHave you ever known something was bad for you and still missed the intensity when it was gone? Freya joins Xannie and Jack to talk about a BPD recovery journey shaped by chaotic…
- BPD and Impulsivity: Self-Harm, Substance Use & Decisions You Regret · 29 min · Sezonul 7Have you ever felt something so intensely that doing anything to make it stop seemed like a good idea in the moment? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Céline, Mo, and…
- BPD Abandonment Fear When Your Partner Keeps Threatening to Leave · 14 minHow can you tell the difference between normal excitement about someone and a BPD “favorite person” relationship that’s starting to take over?In this mini episode of The BPD…
- BPD and Criticism: Splitting, Defensiveness & How to Have Hard Conversations · 15 minWhat do you do when “this hurt me” gets heard as “you’re a horrible person”?In this mini episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Justin, and Kaelah talk about criticism, splitting…
- BPD Favorite Person vs. Healthy Relationship: How Can You Tell the Difference? · 15 minHow can you tell the difference between normal excitement about someone and a BPD “favorite person” relationship that’s starting to take over? In this mini episode of The BPD…
- BPD and Depression Pt 2: Isolation, Opposite Action & Getting Out of the Spiral · 34 minHave you ever known that isolating was making you feel worse and still felt like being around people was almost unbearable? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Raf, Mo…
- BPD and DBT: Using Skills in Real Life, Finding Good Treatment & Building a Life Worth Living · 53 minHave you ever tried DBT, decided it didn’t work for you, and wondered whether you were the problem? In this episode of The BPD Bunch Brunch, Xannie and Melanie sit down with DBT…
- BPD and Depression: Self-Loathing, Hopelessness, and Feeling Worthless · 49 min · Sezonul 7Have you ever been so used to feeling awful that you genuinely thought you were fine? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie Raf, Mo, Céline, and Madhurima sit down to talk…
- Why BPD Makes Every Goodbye Feel Like the End | Fear of Abandonment Recovery · 45 minHave you ever run away hoping someone would follow, panicked when plans changed, or treated someone needing space like proof they were about to leave? Xannie, André, Georgette…
- BPD and Fear of Abandonment: Separation Anxiety, Relationship Obsession & Fear of Being Replaced · 38 min · Sezonul 7Have you ever been so afraid of losing someone that you monitored every change in their behavior, panicked when they spent time with someone else, or pushed them away before they…
- BPD and Anxiety Pt 2: Rumination, Avoidance, and Learning to Trust Yourself (The BPD Bunch S7) · 37 minHave you ever felt like your anxiety was preparing you for the worst, only to realize it was keeping you stuck?In Part 2 of our conversation about BPD and anxiety, Xannie, Carys…
- BPD and Anxiety: Panic, Catastrophizing, and Fear of Losing Control (Anxiousness - The BPD Bunch S7) · 36 minHave you ever been more afraid of your own reaction than of the thing you were reacting to?In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Carys, Katja, Céline, and Dan talk about how…
- BPD and Emotional Regulation: The Skills That Actually Helped (Emotional Lability- The BPD Bunch S7) · 39 minHave you ever felt like one small thing turned into ten different emotions before you even knew what happened?In this episode, Xannie, Solène, Madhurima and Dan continue their…
- BPD and Mood Swings: When Your Emotions Take Over (Emotional Lability) · 46 minHave you ever felt like one unanswered text, one cancelled plan, or one disagreement meant your entire relationship was falling apart?For many people living with BPD, emotional…
- How People With BPD Actually Change Their Personality Traits (Not Just Manage Them) · 43 minHave you ever been told, or told yourself, that this is just who you are? That the most you can do is mask it, manage it, survive it?In this episode, Xannie sits down with…
- BPD and Emotional Overwhelm: When One More Thing Breaks You · 17 minHave you ever completely fallen apart over something small… only to realize later it wasn’t really about that thing at all?Sometimes emotional overwhelm isn’t caused by one…
- BPD Made Me Build My Entire Life Around Not Being Abandoned (ft. Dan Stone) · 38 minHave you ever changed your entire personality just to keep someone from leaving? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Katja, and Solène welcome new cast member Dan for an…
- When BPD Turns Rejection Into Rage · 18 minHave you ever felt rejected and suddenly found yourself angry before you could even explain why? In this mini-sode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Carys, Jack, and Katja respond to a…
- BPD and Intimacy: Learning to Trust Without Losing Yourself · 37 min · Sezonul 7Have you ever confused emotional intensity with intimacy? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Justin, Andre, Carys, and Mo continue their conversation about BPD and…
- The BPD Relationship Pattern Nobody Warns You About (BPD Intimacy) · 40 minHave you ever felt like losing one person would destroy your entire life… even while the relationship itself was destroying you? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Carys…
- The BPD Empathy Trap Nobody Talks About · 31 minCan someone with BPD feel other people’s emotions so intensely that it actually starts getting in the way of empathy? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Georgette, André…
- BPD and How "Everyone Hates Me" Becomes Unempathetic (BPD and Empathy) · 35 minCan someone with BPD care about other people and still behave in profoundly unempathetic ways? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Georgette, André, Solène, and Katja…
- BPD and Self-Direction: Goals, Values, and Finding Yourself · 31 minDo you struggle to know what you want, stick with a path, or trust your own choices? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Madhurima, Carys and Solène continue their…
- What BPD Actually Felt Like in My Brain (Meet Justin) · 47 minWhat does BPD actually feel like from the inside? In this episode of The BPD Bunch Brunch, meet our new cast member, Justin, a musician navigating life with borderline…
- BPD and Self-Direction: Why I Keep Changing Jobs · 35 min · Sezonul 7 Episodul 5What happens when BPD affects your goals, career choices, and sense of direction in life? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Madhurima, Carys, and Solène talk about…
- What BPD Identity Loss Actually Feels Like (and How We Rebuilt a Sense of Self) · 34 min · Sezonul 7 Episodul 4How do you actually build a sense of self with BPD? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Carys, Solène, André, and Katja continue the conversation on identity, this time…
- BPD Made Me Become Whoever You Wanted - BPD and Identity Issues · 30 min · Sezonul 7 Episodul 3What does identity instability’s actually feel like in BPD? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Carys, Solène, André, and Katja, start looking at identity through the lens…
- I Could Handle BPD Alone… Until Relationships (ft. Megan A Tully) · 47 minWhat does BPD actually look like in real life, and what does recovery really take? In this episode of The BPD Bunch Brunch, Megan shares her lived experience with Borderline…
- I Thought BPD Recovery Would Make Grief Hurt Less... I Was Wrong · 4 minHey… This isn’t the video we planned for today. This past week, I lost my dog. And I needed a little more time than I expected to get back on my feet. I thought about just…
- We’ve Been Thinking About BPD All Wrong (ft. Dr. Carla Sharp, Dr. Frank Yeomans & Dr. Alex Stein) · 35 min · Sezonul 7 Episodul 2So… what even counts as “BPD” anymore? Last week, we explored how the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) moves away from strict categories. This week, we’re…
- What If BPD Isn’t What We Think It Is? (ft. Dr. Carla Sharp, Dr. Frank Yeomans & Dr. Alex Stein) · 32 min · Sezonul 7 Episodul 1What if Borderline Personality Disorder isn’t just a checklist of symptoms?In this episode of The BPD Bunch, we explore the Alternative Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD), a…
- After My BPD Diagnosis, My Husband Said the World Was Better Off Without Me · 37 minWhat happens when grief, trauma, and misdiagnosis collide, and it turns out to be BPD? Shaharin shares her story of being sexually assaulted, losing her marriage, struggling with…
- ‘Sorry, My Mental Illness Isn’t Sexy Enough for You’: A Brutally Honest BPD Book · 50 minIn this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie and Carys chat with Katja about publishing her first book “Sorry, My Mental Illness Isn’t Sexy Enough for You”, going straight for the…
- Our Exes Tell the Truth About Dating Someone With BPD · 38 minWhat actually happens when a relationship involving Borderline Personality Disorder ends... from the exes’ perspective? In this episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie sits down with…
- The Holidays Hit Different When You Have BPD · 22 minThe holidays can hit different when you’re living with Borderline Personality Disorder.In this impromptu holiday episode of The BPD Bunch, Xannie, Georgette and Jack talk…
- BPD Recovery Wins: You Won't Believe What We Overcame! (BPD Bingo S6) | The BPD Bunch BRUNCH · 43 minIt’s BINGO TIME!! Xannie, André, Solène, and Katja use a bingo game as a vehicle to share personal recovery wins, experiences, and practical skills that have helped them navigate…
- When Self-Care Falls Apart: Navigating BPD Struggles · 12 minWrapping up their conversation from Wednesday. Xannie, Carys, Céline, Jack, Darren, and Solène share personal experiences, revealing the challenges that come with maintaining…
- Self-Care Secrets: The Borderline Personality Disorder Struggle - The BPD Bunch S6E10 · 49 min · Sezonul 6 Episodul 10In our last episode of season 6, Xannie, Carys, Céline, Jack, Darren, and Solène discuss the complexities of self-care for those living with Borderline Personality Disorder. The…
- Breaking the Silence: My Journey Through Abuse and BPD - w/ Nasiba Lee | The BPD Bunch BRUNCH · 21 minXannie and Katja hear from special guest, Nasiba, who shares her harrowing journey of trauma, self-discovery, and healing as someone living with Borderline Personality Disorder…
- Can You Really Find Balance? Discover the Secrets to Structure in BPD · 34 minWrapping up their conversation from Wednesday, Xannie, Jay, André, Georgette and Katja sdiscuss practical tips for creating effective routines, the importance of external…
- BPD & Structure: The Battle Within - Are You Losing Control? - The BPD Bunch S6E9 (PATRON'S VOTE) · 44 min · Sezonul 6 Episodul 9THANK YOU to our BPD Besties on Patreon for voting on this topic and joining us behind the scenes during filming! We always have a blast with you. In this episode, Xannie, Jay…







