For today's mini-episode, we're chatting with New York Times best-selling author Bassey Ikpi about the depiction of mental illness (specifically Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD) in The CW's musical comedy-drama series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015–2019) by Rachel Bloom. Our guest Bassey Ikpi is a Nigerian-American, ex-poet, current writer, mental health advocate, underachieving overachiever, and memoir procrastinator. Her best selling book I’m Telling the Truth But I’m Lying is available in both print and audio at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/im-telling-the-truth-but-im-lying-bassey-ikpi. LISTEN TO OUR FULL INTERVIEW WITH BASSEY: https://braaainspodcast.com/episodes/bipolardisorder DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT HERE: https://braaainspodcast.com/s/ Contact us: BraaainsPodcast.com Follow: @BraaainsPodcast Music: @_Deppisch_ Mixing/ Mastering: Tony Bao Support this show: Patreon.com/BraaainsPodcast