Objective: To explore the themes related to self and illness representations in a public online community. Method: This project utilised an inductive process of data analysis with a phenomenological approach. Two hundred images from the social media image-sharing platform Instagram were described, coded and organised into themes. Results: Five themes were identified: the fragmented and obscured self; trepidation and disappointment about the threatening and persecutory world; an existence built of illness and symptoms; finding comfort in the natural and built environment; and sharing hope and positive experiences of growth. Conclusions: #bpd encompassed a variety of content types, with a wide spectrum of emotional tones expressed through photographs, written communication and artwork.

We present new physical properties for an extreme (L IR > 1013 L ⊙), unlensed dusty star-forming galaxy at z = 4.531, G09-81106. We compile fluxes from the literature, and include new Hubble Space Telescope data to generate SED models under various assumptions. G09-81106 has a number of physical characteristics that far surpass the average data for DSFGs, including high dust temperature (∼70 K) and star formation rate ( > 2 × 103 M ⊙ yr−1). While barely within the average star-forming main sequence region, G09 is already an order of magnitude more massive and more star-forming than most star-forming galaxies at similar epochs. Visual inspection suggests these exceptional properties may be due to an ongoing merger, though future work with spatially resolved imaging and spectroscopic analysis will reveal its true nature.