Going Beyond Borderline Personality Disorder (Part 2) with Brittany

In today's episode of UNSILENT, we get to know more about Brittany, a writer and advocate living with mental health challenges including Borderline Personality Disorder and OCD . 📺 Watch at youtu.be/Y6theTWCqro and 🎧 stream wherever you listen to podcasts. In today's second part of our two-part conversation with Brittany, she starts to open up about her turning point, how she started to really find herself in her writing, and how she has learned to live with her disorders. Brittany shares what it's like to be living in recovery with her disorders, but also what it's like to have advocacy show up in her life and what she feels has been helpful to her, and sometimes more importantly, what she feels has not been helpful.Be sure to check out PART ONE: youtu.be/Wemz1TFDJTE. In this first part of our two-part conversation with Brittany, she opens up about living with these disorders and the impact they've had on her personal life. She also shares some of the specific challenges and experiences she's had with these disorders, and notably, when she, in 2019, decided to voluntarily admit herself to seek treatment and recovery, and since then, has gone on to be a fierce mental health advocate. She also leaves us with some thoughts on ways that we can best advocate for the youth in our lives. We know these conversations are sometimes difficult to have, and we thank Brittany so much for putting her advocacy in action and opening up and sharing her life experiences with us.Be sure to visit nostigmas.org/unsilent to watch, listen to, and read all of our conversations this season. We are survivors, thrivers, advocates, and Allies. We see you. We love you. BE UNSILENT 💚------------Connect with Brittany:Website - beldridge18.wixsite.com/healingthelightBooks - https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/eldridge90Podcast - https://tinyurl.com/4t4xe9keRadio -  zeno.fm/rise-aboveLinks - https://linktr.ee/brittanyalyce------------------------Episode Notes:Thank you for being here. To go beyond the show, consider leaving us a positive review and sharing wherever you listen to podcasts! Follow us and reach out on social media @NoStigmas. We'd love to connect with you. To learn more about NoStigmas and how we can team up to fight stigmas, visit nostigmas.org. ---------------------------Special thanks to guest, Brittany Eldridge!---------------------------Helpful Links and Resources:NoStigmas Website: nostigmas.org24/7 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 📱 Call or text 988 or chat 988lifeline.orgCrisis Text Line 📱 Text ALLY to 741-741Veterans Crisis Line 📱 Text 838255SAMHSA Treatment Referral Hotline (Substance Abuse) 📞 1-800-662-HELP (4357)RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline 📞 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)National Domestic Violence Hotline 📞 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)The Trevor Project (LGBTQIA+) 📞 1-866-488-7386Blackline - "Hotline geared toward the Black, Black LGBTQ+, brown, Native, and Muslim communities." 📞 1-800-604-5841 Trans Lifeline 📞 1-877-565-8860---------------------------Meet the Team!...