Episode 5 : Growing Up Without Understanding Our Emotions

DescriptionBPD Talk is a podcast created by two Moroccan women living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). In this episode, the hosts explore what it can feel like to grow up without understanding your emotions — feeling everything intensely, but never having the words or tools to make sense of it. They discuss emotional sensitivity, invalidation, shame, confusion, relationships, and the experience of feeling “too much” or different from others. The episode also explores how growing up in environments where emotions are rarely discussed can affect the way we understand ourselves and our relationships. Through personal testimonies and an honest conversation, the hosts reflect on what happens when we finally begin to understand our emotions, put words to our experiences, and learn to regulate what we were never taught to navigate.TakeawaysGrowing Up Without Understanding Your EmotionsEmotional Sensitivity & InvalidationThe Impact of Emotional ConfusionUnderstanding Yourself & Your NeedsLearning Emotional Regulation as an AdultBreaking the Shame Around Emotions