‘Are you Fucking kidding me!?’
This is the question I have been asking myself routinely for the better part of a year.
What has posed this inquiry so often in my life? Is it a frustration with the political climate in Washington? Is it the inexplicable following that still touts Sarah Palin as a viable political force? Perhaps it’s why people still use MySpace? Nope…these are mildly amusing distractions. What I have no seeming ability to wrap my head around is my view from the sidelines of someone trying to extricate themselves from a relationship with a Borderline Personality Disorder sufferer. (Often referred to as BPD, or…in layman’s terms, ‘Batshit Crazy’.)
This blog is my attempt to not only make sense of this extreme vortex of suck I witness as a ‘spectaor’, but also if my wordy self-therapy can help someone…ANYONE…whether they be a BPD patient, loved one, law enforcement individual, attorney, Dr….whoever, help these people. They ruin lives, they waste time, they physically and emotionally harm many people, they waste legal resources in the throes of their BPD-addled attempts to soothe the wounds BPD seems to have sprung from.
I’m not a Dr., I am not an expert. I am a reasonably normal chick who happens to love a guy who is experiencing the fallout from a marital hurricane that is, sadly, not going to go away as quickly as it blew in. It is truly a jaw-dropping disorder to be a spectator for. It’s amazing in it’s reach. It’s shocking in the lengths the sufferers will go to in order compensate for their abundant lack of self-esteem. It’s something no person should ever have to deal with if they can avoid it.
I hope I can learn and grow as I try to find ways to support my partner as he fights the seemingly endless battles that seem to be the hallmark of leaving life with a BPD sufferer. I hope you enjoy it. I hope, if you’ve experienced dealing with it, you will share it. I hope you can provide insights.
And I hope, if you meet someone who says ‘Hi, I’m Sue. I have BPD.’ You will run like hell in the other direction!
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