So I saw someone recommend this podcast recently &amp; I thought I’d give it a try. 

Immediately I was turned off by this guy’s accent, *(okay I understand it’s irrational not to like southern American white male voices but it’s trauma induced)* but I kept listening because I knew it would be nuts to turn down help over something so small. 

Then, he began saying things like “just get over it” or “that’s how REAL ADULTS think,” real **bootstraps** shit...

The things he was saying weren’t *incorrect* but it was also shit that your friend’s dad who doesn’t believe in ADHD might tell you, you know? 

What did it for me was how rude he was when he began talking about validation. Rationally, I know it’s no ones job to validate me, I would argue that most people with BPD know that it’s no ones **job** to validate them. He was almost scolding the listener (who presumably has BPD) for thinking that it’s their therapists job to validate them... I don’t feel this way, though? Why is he being so offensive? For what??

So I Google the dude and guess what? This man “authentically rid himself”of BPD :| 

IF ONLY I WOULD’VE THOUGHT OF THAT. **WILLING AWAY** MY BPD. THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION I WAS ABLE TO PULL MYSELF UP BY MY BOOTSTRAPS AND GET A JOB AND WORK MY WAY UP TO NEUROTYPICAL. 

Idk guys a hack, total grifter if you ask me, fuck Brian Barnett.