There is a learning platform called [The Last Symptom](https://www.thelastsymptom.com) by Brian Barrett, in the form of articles, podcasts, and a Facebook group. Has anyone had any experience with this content? Brian Barrett is recovered from BPD and has experienced a fairly horrific rock bottom – he cheated on his wife with a co-worker, impregnated her, miscarried, lost job. He claims to have experienced a lack of direction in his treatment until he discovered what is supposedly the guidelines to ultimate recovery. His articles are unorthodox at times, yet very interesting, striking many chords of the crux of emotional dysregulation. He calls out the mental health industry for its misconceptions and bluff, a much needed and refreshing voice. It is very difficult to find online support/education groups that offer hope and a true understanding of our disorder.

I participated in his Facebook group and gave a few supportive responses to other members. Inexplicably, Brian, the admin, deleted my warm, encouraging comments. He has a bizarre group rule that new members cannot create new posts, but I thought this pertained to actually creating new content, instead of merely responding to other people. Some time later, I commented on his latest post, me claiming how schemas in our trauma build-up need to be examined in order to have successful recovery. I casually mentioned that I just happened to mention that notion in DBT that morning. Strangely, he immediately deleted my comment. Confused, I respectfully asked what was happening to my comments, and subsequently he **permanently banned** me from the group.

Obviously, this was very hurtful and triggering, especially when I am inquisitively seeking resources in addition to my therapy. I decided to send him a professional e-mail and received a very arrogant, judgmental, assumptive, and overall strange response that was not even based in reality. He claimed I was banned because I mentioned DBT and somehow that meant I "did not want to learn" and my "primary reason for being in the group is to parrot \[my\] therapist and show off." It was weird because nowhere had I mentioned my therapist.He said that anybody who participates in the group must show "an appreciation and understanding" for him, be against DBT, "and they cannot contribute information that is contradictory or that conflicts with the information I supply." He then insolently demanded me to read his "countless hours upon hours" of articles and become "genuinely familiar" with it, even though I already studied his content before. 

Overall, a non-democratic environment in which users with BPD cannot have their own perspective. I honestly never had my personality and motives judged so intensely merely by a few terse comments I made in a Facebook group. If somebody is so reactive towards another, an extreme response that doesn't really fit the situation, then is that person really recovered from BPD? I would say not. Brian Barrett's "my way or the highway" demand is an all-or-nothing, black-and-white proposition, the hallmark of BPD. I don't recommend this resource in any way.