Diagnostic Features (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798218460365)

"To be emotionally naked before the world," Nick Viveiros writes, "is among the scariest things one can do." Diagnostic Features, his third poetry collection, chronicles Viveiros' experience living with borderline personality disorder, a complex mental health condition characterized by challenges with emotion regulation, fluctuating self-image, and difficulty managing interpersonal relationships. Utilizing the nine diagnostic criteria employed by psychologists to diagnose borderline in a clinical setting as a framework, Viveiros explores the central themes of his condition through a combination of prose pieces and poetic works. Raw, introspective and occasionally witty, Diagnostic Features relies on unconventional form and Viveiros' unique poetic style to dissect and explain the highly-stigmatized condition that defined his youth, adolescence and young adulthood.

Author: Nick Viveiros
ISBN-13: 9798218460365
Publisher: 521a Press
Language: English
Published: 11/02/2025
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48d