“These are like emotional, psychological Trojan horses": American McGee's BPD Rabbit

A Real Affliction: BPD, Culture, and Stigma

Can a stuffed animal help people to cope with BPD? In this episode, I interview American McGee, the celebrated video game designer and mastermind behind the mental health Plushie Dreadfuls line. We talk about his BPD Rabbit, metaphors and stereotypes, the connection between this bunny and the one in American McGee's Alice, the crowd design process, dark humor, and the controversy surrounding the mental health plushies.

Plushie Dreadfuls website

Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass

George Lakoff on conceptual metaphors

Ronald W. Pies on mental illness as a metaphor

Donald Winnicott’s concept of transitional objects