I love the term Two Spirit which was first introduced by Ojibwa elder Myra Laramee in 1990. The term which came to her during a dream meant someone who holds both feminine and masculine energy or spirit. Even though it has been accepted as strictly an indigenous term, I can’t help but identify with the thoughts and feelings with which it is associated. Perhaps it is my Western French-Canadian background where many of us can claim an indigenous grandmother or great-grandmother or perhaps this just resonates with the nonbinary dual-gender nature many of us bottom-types have. Personally, I l ..read more

(Over 2% of the population have some degree of BPD. Of this population 8 to 10% commit suicide – this rate is more than 50 times the rate of suicide in the general population and ten times the rate of suicides due to depression alone. This does not even include high-risk behavior that can lead to drug overdose. Approximately one-third of people with BPD also identify themselves as bisexual. If we reversed that, the number of bisexuals who have BPD traits, I believe the numbers would be much higher.  This blog is an attempt to understand the nature of one of the sub traits of disinhibition ..read more

(Over 2% of the population have some degree of BPD. Of this population 8 to 10% commit suicide – this rate is more than 50 times the rate of suicide in the general population and ten times the rate of suicides due to depression alone. Approximately one-third of people with BPD also identify themselves as bisexual. The number of bisexuals who have BPD traits I believe would be much higher.  This blog is an attempt to understand the nature of one of the sub traits of disinhibition – risk-taking.) Pathological personality traits in Disinhibition – Risk taking: Engagement in dangerous, risky ..read more

View Post Over 2% of the population have some degree of (BPD). Of this population 8 to 10% commit suicide – this rate is more than 50 times the rate of suicide in the general population and ten times the rate of suicides due to depression alone. Approximately one-third of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) also identify themselves as bisexual. The number of bisexuals who have BPD traits I believe would be much higher.  This blog is an attempt to understand the nature of one of the traits, disinhibition, so that we can survive and even thrive as bisexuals with BPD. Pathologi ..read more

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) – pathological personality traits in disinhibition – difficulty establishing or following plans (DSM5).                 Over 2% of the population have some degree of (BPD). Approximately a third of people with BPD are bisexual. Of the BPD population 8 to 10% commit suicide; this rate is more than 50 times the rate of suicide in the general population and ten times the rate of suicides due to depression.  This blog is an attempt to understand the nature of one of the traits, dis ..read more

Feeling sexually attracted to either or both men or women has garnered many different labels – bisexuality, sexual binary, pansexuality, sexually fluid, queer, and simply non labeled. Then we have to identify our gender to help explain our sexual preferences. These include cisgender, bi-gender, queer gender. We may even want to identify ourselves at the soul level by calling ourselves two-spirit people. Why do we do this? I wonder, do we become our labels? There is certainly a danger in that. In one of the best articles I have found on the topic, Lauren Restivo, a health systems specialist at ..read more

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Pathological personality traits in Disinhibition – impulsivity: acting on a momentary basis without a plan or consideration of outcomes (DSM5). The Problem                 As mentioned in previous blogs, over 2% of the population have some degree of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and roughly a third of those with BPD are also bisexual. There are no stats for the reverse – the number of bisexuals with BPD – but my guess is it would be even higher. We often engage in harmful ..read more

                We are living in a world in crisis. Literally millions are dying from Covid 19 and as many or more are leaving this world due to drug overdose, depression, and suicides. We are asked to trust science and seek intellectual solutions; however, as we have seen, we humans tend to pride ourselves on an intelligence that is based on logical-mathematical reasoning even though it is so prone to errors due to our biases.                 Ha ..read more

Pathological personality traits in Disinhibition – Impulsivity: acting on the spur of the moment in response to immediate stimuli. (DSM5)                 Joel Nigg [1] in a comprehensive study on impulsivity defined it as “a rash response in situations where considerate response is more appropriate”. Nigg identified three factors contributing to impulsivity: not planning and thinking carefully (non-planning), not focusing on the task at hand (inattentiveness), and acting on the spur of moment (motor activation). In ..read more

(Because of the high correlation between bisexuality and borderline personality disorder we are continuing to look at some of the traits that we may possess and ways to use these traits to not only survive but to thrive.) Pathological personality traits in negative affectivity – Depressivity: Thoughts of suicide and suicidal behavior.                         Black and others[1] in an extensive look at the data about the relationship between BPD, suicides, and suicide attempts, dis ..read more