Why I refuse to be ashamed of my insanity
For as long as I can remember, I have been different. Not different like the quiet kid at school. I am a peculiarity, the sort of person who would have lived out their years in an institution or as a side show at a circus had I been born half a century earlier.
Despite decades of progress, Autistic people are still being misdiagnosed, and one of the most harmful errors remains Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), known in the UK as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). This isn’t a small clinical footnote. Misdiagnosis shapes how professionals treat us, how we view ourselves, and
A shared reckoning with madness, autonomy, and what it means to build something better.
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