A reflection
I have been familiar with the experience of madness for all of my adult life, and a good portion of my childhood. Some might have observed my madness and assumed it to be a manifestation of extreme distress. This is wrong. My madness is pervasive, and is a defining aspect of all of my experiences; the good, the bad, and the annoyingly mundane.
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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