Super Feeler: A BPD Podcast

Ashley shares her experience navigating a complicated intersection of trauma, substance use, homelessness, and the systems that are supposed to help but fail us time and time again.

Ashley talks openly about living with the effects of Fetal Alcohol Effects, BPD, anxiety, severe depression, ADHD, complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), PMOS/PCOS and attachment issues stemming from her many traumatic experiences in the foster system. 
We talk about substance use, including being three years clean from meth, fentanyl, and heroin, and the realities of trying to survive while experiencing homelessness in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES). 
While this isn't a true crime podcast it's virtually impossible to explain the DTES without talking about Canada's most prolific serial killer Robert Pickton and his ability to get away with as many as 49 murders of women that police agencies didn't care to look for or investigate - despite having ample evidence pointing right to him. If you are interested in a thorough deep dive I recommend the book On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women. The stories of these women cannot be forgotten - nor can the countless women, especially Indigenous women, who go missing across Canada to this day for whom justice is never found. 
Support the show
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon page. 
Click here to register for The Super Feelers Club (the peer support group) 
If you are needing mental health support or someone to talk to, please connect with your local crisis line or call or text 988 in Canada or the US or find a local line
Don't forget to follow us on social media (@thesuperfeeler) and subscribe to our podcast for new episodes and updates. Your subscriptions, downloads, and reviews mean the world to us! 

Thank you for listening!

Nelson Grey is the author of the DBT with Sherlock Holmes series and shares his personal journey through grief and complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We dive into how he used storytelling and dialectic behavioral therapy (DBT) skills to heal, help others understand their emotions and do something about them through narratives. 

If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, or just want to try a new approach to learning DBT skills I can't recommend these books enough! You can purchase them at these links: 

DBT with Sherlock Holmes Volume 1
DBT with Sherlock Homes Volume 2
DBT with Sherlock Homes Volume 3

Support the show
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon page. 
Click here to register for The Super Feelers Club (the peer support group) 
If you are needing mental health support or someone to talk to, please connect with your local crisis line or call or text 988 in Canada or the US or find a local line
Don't forget to follow us on social media (@thesuperfeeler) and subscribe to our podcast for new episodes and updates. Your subscriptions, downloads, and reviews mean the world to us! 

Thank you for listening!

Kat comes back on Super Feeler to share their dissociative identity disorder (DID) assessment findings with us!
We talked about a lot of resources today: 
1. Kat's very own podcast!
2. Petals of a Rose Short Film
3. Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists book 
4. Caroline's episode of Super Feeler "Rejecting the Concept of a Disordered Personality"
5. Click here for the Plural Association information
6. Skills Lab Peer Support Group upcoming sessions can be found here. 

Listen to Kat's first DID episode "When Childhood Trauma Leads to Multiple Identities"
Listen to Kat on the "BPD Symptoms: Dissociation" episode.  
Support the show
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon page. 
Click here to register for The Super Feelers Club (the peer support group) 
If you are needing mental health support or someone to talk to, please connect with your local crisis line or call or text 988 in Canada or the US or find a local line
Don't forget to follow us on social media (@thesuperfeeler) and subscribe to our podcast for new episodes and updates. Your subscriptions, downloads, and reviews mean the world to us! 

Thank you for listening!

Dr. Shari Allen (@mentalectpharmd) is a psychiatric pharmacist and comes on the show to talk all about psych meds and the importance of personalized treatment 
Some of the questions we cover include: 
How do you know the difference between side effects that will pass and the ones that mean a medication isn't right for you?
How can we better advocate to our care providers to be listened to when it comes to how meds are or aren't working for us?
What is the most exciting medication advancement for mental health in the last 5 years?
Do you see any up and coming medications that might help with borderline personality disorder?
What makes SSRIs so different from one another when they have the same mechanism of action?
Are PRNs for anxiety as common as they seem to be on TV?
Don't forget to follow Shari on IG @mentalectpharmd for ongoing psych med education!
Support the show
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon page. 
Click here to register for The Super Feelers Club (the peer support group) 
If you are needing mental health support or someone to talk to, please connect with your local crisis line or call or text 988 in Canada or the US or find a local line
Don't forget to follow us on social media (@thesuperfeeler) and subscribe to our podcast for new episodes and updates. Your subscriptions, downloads, and reviews mean the world to us! 

Thank you for listening!

Pippa Scott is the author of Paper Girls Burn, a brand new borderline personality disorder memoir that you're going to love! 
We discuss our mutual (and often problematic) love of men, favorite people, emetophobia (the fear of vomiting), health anxiety and how DBT and learning about ourselves has changed both of our lives. 
Plus we get into the Lindsay Clancy trial a bit (note: we recorded this August 24th 2026 so what we say may be out of date).
Paper Girls Burn is out now and can be purchased at: https://caitlinpress.com/Books/P/Paper-Girls-Burn or your local bookstore! 
Get your tickets to join Pippa (and Laurie) at the Launch Event in Vancouver here!
Register for Skills Lab, the peer support group Laurie mentioned at www.superfeeler.ca/peersupport
Support the show
If you want to support the show, dive deeper into the world of super feeling and for tons of bonus content please consider subscribing to the Super Feeler patreon page. 
Click here to register for The Super Feelers Club (the peer support group) 
If you are needing mental health support or someone to talk to, please connect with your local crisis line or call or text 988 in Canada or the US or find a local line
Don't forget to follow us on social media (@thesuperfeeler) and subscribe to our podcast for new episodes and updates. Your subscriptions, downloads, and reviews mean the world to us! 

Thank you for listening!