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.<a href="https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/joe-tracini/ten-things-i-hate-about-me/9781398705937/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">10 Things I Hate About Me: how to stay alive with a brain that's trying to kill you, by Joe Tracini </a><a href="https://www.samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/world-suicide-prevention-day/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Find out more about National Suicide Prevention Day</a>Read Bryony's columns:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/bryony-gordon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/bryony-gordon/</a>&nbsp;|For 30 days' free access to The Telegraph:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/madworld" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/madworld</a>&nbsp;|Follow Bryony on Instagram:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bryonygordon/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/bryonygordon/</a>&nbsp;|See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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