“People with BPD are not a different kind of person”: Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of Borderline

  What can a psychoanalyst learn from patients with BPD? In this interview, Dr. Alexander Kriss, author of the recently published Borderline: Biography of a Personality Disorder, shares insights gained from treating patients with the disorder. We discuss his book, which tells the story of one patient’s recovery while also deconstructing the BPD diagnosis and the broader conceptions of madness and femininity that have created an ever-shifting but ever-present space for people harrying the line between neurosis and psychosis from antiquity to the present day.   Alexander Kriss, Borderline: The Biography of a Personality Disorder Alexander Kriss, The Gaming Mind: A New Psychology of Videogames and the Power of Play Link to Alexander Kriss’s New York-based psychotherapy practice Alicia Elliott, “A Mind Spread Out on the Ground” Sigmund Freud, A Case of Hysteria (Dora) and Three Case Histories Edvard Munch, The Scream

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A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma is an interview podcast that explores how we live with, treat, advocate for, write about, and conceptualize borderline personality disorder, as well as common co-occurring challenges like complex PTSD, eating disorders, and substance use disorder, all of which I’ve experienced. My guests and I will also discuss how literature, film, television, photography, dance, philosophy, the history of medicine, feminist and disability studies, nature, and bioethics reflect, illuminate, and impact the experience and cultural perceptions of BPD. Episodes are released twice a month, starting on April 19, 2024.