‘Inappropriate’ Anger: Publications by participants and facilitators

[Image: Ruth H]

Listed below are publications and public outputs by both facilitators and participants of the ‘Inappropriate’ Anger project.
 
–Anonymous (2023). Serving life due to borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychosocial Studies. 16:2, pp 201-204.
–Hart, R. (2023) Whose borderline is it anyway? MY world, THEIR label. Journal of Psychosocial Studies. 16:2, pp 209-210.
– Two IA participants contributed artwork to the 2023 Sophisticated Insult exhibition.
An extract from the exhibition text: “Sophisticated Insult is an exhibition which centres the experiences of people who have been given a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder either as a current or past diagnosis, who reject the personality disorder construct.
While we recognise some people may find a BPD diagnosis helpful, there are many of us who have been harmed by the diagnosis. Our exhibition is a creative space to explore and celebrate survival, inner fires, love, rage, solidarity and defiance against the pathologisation of trauma. We are not anti-diagnosis but believe people should not be labelled with diagnoses that don’t fit their experience, are not helpful or cause harm, which a personality disorder diagnosis often does.”
– Ruth Hart has four pieces of work included in the photobook produced by the With Us, For Us project. Ruth writes: “In particular the Photobook has four pieces by me which I had previously explored in IA:
The practice learning booklet has ideas directly influenced by how sessions with IA are run.”
From the website: ‘With Us, For Us provided an opportunity for people living with trauma and/or who have been given a diagnosis of personality disorder to share their experiences of services and their ideas for improvement. Healthcare Improvement Scotland commissioned Scottish Recovery Network and VOX Scotland to support the work of the Personality Disorder Improvement Programme with this lived experience engagement project’.
–Mitchell, R (2024). Gesture in actor training and with survivors of BPD diagnosis: Finding communication towards relational thirdness. In Jaques, J.F. (ed) Trauma and Embodied Healing in Dramatherapy, Theatre and Performance. Pp 157-172.  If you are not affiliated with an institution that allows you access to the above/are low income, please get in touch with Roanna at rem.mkitchell@gmail.com.