Around 1 in a 100 people live with Borderline Personality Disorder, yet it is one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized mental health conditions out there. Online searches reinforce harmful stereotypes and the majority of articles on mental health advise you how to “spot borderlines” – so you can avoid them. Rosie Cappuccino writes in her book, ‘talking about BPD’: “A couple of clicks reveal widespread derogatory attitudes towards the condition [...] YouTube videos [...] warn that people with BPD are more trouble than they are worth, impossible to connect with and incapable of love. [...] for many people the risks of being deemed untrustworthy, incapable or even dangerous can be too high. [...] Many people [...] feel safer disclosing anything but BPD.” With this play, I aim to give an insight into what living with BPD feels like and contribute to breaking down the stigma, bit by bit.
“I am not the other. I am one of you. Speak about me as if I were in the room- because I am.”