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By Margaret Hussey & Amy Packer Joe Tracini is in a very frank mood. “Ever since I’ve accepted the fact that my brain doesn’t like me, I’m in a position to make my life more liveable,” says the actor and presenter, who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD) 10 years ago after a period of drink, drugs and “messing things up”. The mental health illness has nine symptoms, ranging from an unclear sense of self to impulsive and self-destructive behaviour, fear of abandonment, feelings of suicide and self-harm, extreme emotional swings, unstable relationships, explosive anger, chro…