This one’s heavy. We’re getting into the messy space between pain and behavior—the times we lash out, beg for closeness, or lose control, and then wonder: was that manipulation… or was I just hurting?

I read posts that don’t sugarcoat the damage BPD can cause—to others and to ourselves—and talk honestly about what it means to take responsibility without drowning in shame.

Featuring 🛋️ Validation Station, 🔥 Hot Take of the Week, and a lot of spiraling thoughts about adulthood, accountability, and why “it’s not your fault” isn’t the same as “you don’t have to deal with it.”

Trigger warnings are very much in effect, but so is compassion.

Join the reckoning (and the support) at r/bpdbitchespod.

Timestamps:

01:03 Is it emotional manipulation If I truly believed it in the moment?

09:10 People that don’t have BPD have no clue how painful this disorder is

24:45 Girlfriend w/ BPD