Alexeus Ruland
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I've decided to explore my passion for writing by submitting some works to the world, starting here. You can expect some shorts, psychology research, and some 'normal' essays for your reading pleasure.
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The Rawness of My Mental Health
This paper is going to be about mental health and my journey through it without any form of sugarcoating; I want to introduce the real and raw me. Mental illness is a hurricane that starts off by stripping the color from your world, and then perhaps even your identity depending on the severity. The shades of color that were so vivid and bright suddenly dull and fade to gray, and you have no idea how it happened. Your world slipped through your fingers. You plead and beg the universe to let your mind stop swirling for half of a second, please just silence all of the chaotic happenings, but no matter how much you plead for that control, unfortunately, getting to a point where things do start getting quiet and coping mechanisms become less harmful takes an incredible amount of work.
By Alexeus Ruland4 years ago in Psyche
Borderline Personality Disorder
As we come out of an era when mental health was not taken seriously or was overlooked, it is crucial that we now educate neurotypical individuals of society with newfound research and information. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder that is widely stigmatized. This stigma, like all stigmas are formed, comes from the fact that people don’t understand and are not educated on what they are stigmatizing. Sometimes, even psychologists are wrong in their diagnoses; they might overlap BPD with Axis 1 disorders, such as CPTSD. Additionally, psychologists also contribute to the stigma surrounding the name of BPD. Many opinions have been formed by psychologists on whether or not clinicians should disclose a diagnosis of BPD or not. The goal of diagnosing BPD is to give sufferers a solution to problems that have been a mystery to them, give patients a solution for future endeavors, and give them a sense of closure around the problems that they have been facing, this should not be a debate, and clinicians should without a doubt be disclosing BPD diagnoses to sufferers.
By Alexeus Ruland4 years ago in Psyche
