MARY RYAN: DOCTOR, SCHOLAR, WIFE, MOTHER, SURVIVOR, DOG LOVER, COLD WATER SWIMMER TALKS . PERSONALITY DISORDER, GOOD & BAD PRIESTS, BEING A G.P. POWER, VIOLENCE, NOT BEING BELIEVED, 7 YEARS OF HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS. LOVE

Mary Ryan was a GP for over 35 years, is the mother of four children and the wife of one husband. She is the national adviser for the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, an Oxford graduate and scholar. Throughout her life, she has been fearless and shown great courage and humour. In just the same way, she talks about her diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), its stigma and the lack of understanding surrounding it, and how her own feelings about it have changed.
Mary talks reconciling with her Catholic faith after a traumatic childhood, growing up as an 'outsider', a sudden stroke at 41, serious workplace bullying, hospital admissions, and the one treatment that has really helped her mental health. Mary also recalls her time in Australia, her love for the Archers, Barry Humphries, dogs, baking and cleaning.