My Queer, Nonbinary Identity Has Nothing To Do With My BPD, and Here’s How I Know

Identity Disturbance had me conforming to what society kept telling me I should be. At one point in my healing journey, I was ready to think really hard about how true to myself I was being, and I realized I was not. I found that there were lots of people out there with the same experiences as me, and that there was a name for that. There are words for that experience. And those words for me, are queer and nonbinary.

In this episode, I'll chat with you about:

• What is Identity Disturbance and what can that look like?
• What does it even mean to have a stable, consistent, coherent sense of self?
• What are things that can seem like identity disturbance, but really aren't?
• How can we solidify our sense of self?
• Why are our core values and priorities important? How do we find these?
• Why it's perfectly normal to change and grow, and what it means to have consistent core aspects to your identity
• How did I figure out I was nonbinary, and what does that mean?
• Was I questioning my gender and sexual identity because of my identity disturbance?

PREVIEW: Letting In, vs Coming Out: Uncovering my Queer Identity after Self-Abandonment

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Gender Reveal (a trans podcast)

Beyond the Gender Binary, by Alok Vaid-Menon

Distinguishing and Addressing Gender Minority Stress and Borderline Personality Symptoms (2019, Goldhammer et al.)

Need a DBT Skill? DBT Pocket Guide

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averythequiet.carrd.co

heartandsleeve.co

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Recorded with: Podcastle

Music:

Vanilla Sky by Lunareh

Sonic Sepia by Lunareh

Limbanja by ODDBAHL

Paper Ghosts by ODDBAHL

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