About this episode
Joe Tracini discusses his experiences with borderline personality disorder and suicide in a candid conversation with Bryony Gordon.
This episode contains discussion of suicide. Joe Tracini is an actor, comedian and champion magician. He's also frequently suicidal. Joe suffers from borderline personality disorder and since speaking publicly about it, he's not shied away from talking about the 'unfashionable' side of mental illness. He's now written a book called '10 Things I Hate About Me: how to stay alive with a brain that's trying to kill you', which he says he wrote to save his life. Joe joins Bryony to talk about the worst thing he's ever done and why he decided to commit it to paper, introduces Bryony to 'Mick', his name for his BPD, and asks listeners to always remember one phrase: wait for a bit. 10 Things I Hate About Me: how to stay alive with a brain that's trying to kill you, by Joe Tracini Find out more about National Suicide Prevention Day Read Bryony's columns: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/bryony-gordon/ | For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/madworld | Follow Bryony on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryonygordon/ | See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at…
People in this episode
Host: Bryony Gordon
Guest: Joe Tracini
Topics covered
- mental health
- borderline personality disorder
- suicide
- comedy
- personal story
Keywords
- Joe Tracini
- borderline personality disorder
- mental illness
- suicide
- comedy
- personal narrative
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The Telegraph, National Suicide Prevention Day
Books & works: 10 Things I Hate About Me: how to stay alive with a brain that's trying to kill you
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