Editing Borderline personality disorder (section)

==Society and culture==

=== Literature ===
In literature, characters believed to exhibit signs of BPD include Catherine in ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' (1847), Smerdyakov in ''[[The Brothers Karamazov]]'' (1880), and Harry Haller in ''[[Steppenwolf (novel)|Steppenwolf]]'' (1927).<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Morris P|date=1 April 2013|title=The Depiction of Trauma and its Effect on Character Development in the Brontë Fiction|journal=Brontë Studies|volume=38|issue=2|pages=157–168|doi=10.1179/1474893213Z.00000000062|s2cid=192230439}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Ohi SI|date=26 October 2019|title=Personality Disorder of Character Smerdyakov in Novel the Brother Karamazov Bu [sic&#93; Fyodor Dostovesky (Translated by Constance Clara Garnett)|url=https://repository.ung.ac.id/skripsi/show/321412044/personality-disorder-of-character-smerdyakov-in-novel-the-brother-karamazov-bu-fyodor-dostovesky-translated-by-constance-clara-garnett.html|url-status=live|journal=Skripsi|volume=1|issue=321412044|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213123501/https://repository.ung.ac.id/skripsi/show/321412044/personality-disorder-of-character-smerdyakov-in-novel-the-brother-karamazov-bu-fyodor-dostovesky-translated-by-constance-clara-garnett.html|archive-date=13 February 2023|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXa0uEkiNbQC&q=borderline+personality+disorder+%22steppenwolf%22&pg=PA74|title=Transpersonal Psychotherapy|vauthors=Wellings N, McCormick EW|date=1 January 2000|publisher=SAGE|isbn=978-1-4129-0802-3|access-date=22 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314152701/https://books.google.com/books?id=RXa0uEkiNbQC&q=borderline+personality+disorder+%22steppenwolf%22&pg=PA74#v=onepage&q=borderline%20personality%20disorder%20%22steppenwolf%22&f=false|archive-date=14 March 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Film ===
Films have also attempted to portray BPD, with characters in ''[[Margot at the Wedding]]'' (2007), ''[[Mr. Nobody (film)|Mr. Nobody]]'' (2009), ''[[Cracks (film)|Cracks]]'' (2009),<ref name="RobinsonFG">{{cite book|title=The Field Guide to Personality Disorders|vauthors=Robinson DJ|publisher=Rapid Psychler Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-9680324-6-6|page=113}}</ref> ''[[Truth (2013 film)|Truth]]'' (2013), ''[[Wounded (2013 film)|Wounded]] (2013)'', ''[[Welcome to Me]]'' (2014),<ref>{{cite news|date=7 May 2015|title=Kristen Wiig earns awkward laughs and silence in 'Welcome to Me'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/kristen-wiig-earns-awkward-laughs-and-silence-in-welcome-to-me/2015/05/06/c26d9b78-ef6d-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604082145/http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/kristen-wiig-earns-awkward-laughs-and-silence-in-welcome-to-me/2015/05/06/c26d9b78-ef6d-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html|archive-date=4 June 2015|access-date=3 June 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post|vauthors=O'Sullivan M}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=11 September 2014|title=Toronto Film Review: 'Welcome to Me': Kristen Wiig plays a woman with borderline personality disorder in this startlingly inspired comedy from Shira Piven|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/toronto-film-review-welcome-to-me-1201304067/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617215603/http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/toronto-film-review-welcome-to-me-1201304067/|archive-date=17 June 2015|access-date=3 June 2015|newspaper=Variety|vauthors=Chang J}}</ref> and ''[[Tamasha (2015 film)|Tamasha]]'' (2015)<ref>{{cite web|date=9 November 2021|title=Use Your Movie Time To Get Help With Mental Health Issues|url=https://www.femina.in/wellness/mental-health/use-your-movie-time-to-get-help-with-mental-health-issues-211072.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121130338/https://www.femina.in/wellness/mental-health/use-your-movie-time-to-get-help-with-mental-health-issues-211072.html|archive-date=21 January 2022|access-date=21 January 2022|website=[[Femina (India)]]|vauthors=Setia S}}</ref> all suggested to show traits of the disorder. The behavior of Theresa Dunn in ''[[Looking for Mr. Goodbar (novel)|Looking for Mr. Goodbar]]'' (1975) is consistent with BPD, as suggested by Robert O. Friedel.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Early Sea Changes in Borderline Personality Disorder|url=http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=%2FContentManagement%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=43145|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417050113/http://www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=By_Illness&template=%2FContentManagement%2FContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=43145|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2009|access-date=17 April 2009|journal=Current Psychiatry Reports|year=2006|volume=8|issue=1|pages=1–4|vauthors=Friedel RO|doi=10.1007/s11920-006-0071-6|pmid=16513034|s2cid=27719611|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Films like ''[[Play Misty for Me]]'' (1971)<ref name="Robinson_2003">{{cite book|title=Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions|vauthors=Robinson DJ|publisher=Rapid Psychler Press|year=2003|isbn=978-1-894328-07-4|location=Port Huron, Michigan|page=234}}</ref> and ''[[Girl, Interrupted (film)|Girl, Interrupted]]'' (1999, based on the [[Girl, Interrupted|memoir of the same name]]) suggest emotional instability characteristic of BPD,<ref>{{cite book|title=Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology|vauthors=Wedding D, Boyd MA, Niemiec RM|year=2005|publisher=Hogrefe|location=Cambridge, Massachusetts|isbn=978-0-88937-292-4|page=59}}</ref> while ''[[Single White Female]]'' (1992) highlights aspects such as identity disturbance and fear of abandonment.<ref name="Robinson_2003" />{{rp|235}} Clementine in ''[[Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind]]'' (2004) is noted to show classic BPD behavior,<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Alberini CM|date=29 October 2010|title=Long-term Memories: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly|journal=Cerebrum: The Dana Forum on Brain Science|volume=2010|page=21|issn=1524-6205|pmc=3574792|pmid=23447766}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|vauthors=Young SD|date=14 March 2012|title=Psychology at the Movies|doi=10.1002/9781119941149|isbn=978-1-119-94114-9}}</ref> and [[Carey Mulligan]]'s portrayal in ''[[Shame (2011 film)|Shame]]'' (2011) is praised for its accuracy regarding BPD characteristics by psychiatrists.<ref name="Art of Psychiatry Shame review">{{cite news|vauthors=Seltzer A|title=''Shame'' and ''A Dangerous Method'' reviews|url=http://www.artofpsychiatry.co.uk/shame-and-a-dangerous-method-reviews/|newspaper=The Art of Psychiatry|date=16 April 2012|access-date=13 January 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116164632/http://www.artofpsychiatry.co.uk/shame-and-a-dangerous-method-reviews/|archive-date=16 January 2017}}</ref>

=== Television ===
Television series like ''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV series)|Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]'' (2015) and the miniseries ''[[Maniac (miniseries)|Maniac]]'' (2018) depict characters with BPD.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 September 2018|title=Netflix's 'Maniac' Is A Trippy Ride with a Lot To Say About Mental Illness|website=Bustle|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/how-netflixs-maniac-uses-mental-illness-to-interrogate-what-it-means-to-be-normal-12019062|url-status=live|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024650/https://www.bustle.com/p/how-netflixs-maniac-uses-mental-illness-to-interrogate-what-it-means-to-be-normal-12019062|archive-date=2 March 2019|vauthors=Patton R}}</ref> Traits of BPD and narcissistic personality disorders are observed in characters like [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister]] from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (1996) and its TV adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite news|publisher=MTV News|title=A Therapist Explains Why Everyone on 'Game of Thrones' Has Serious Issues: Westeros is Basically A Living, Breathing Manual for Mental Illness|date=30 April 2015|vauthors=Rosenfield K|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2146368/game-of-thrones-mental-illness/|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513175836/http://www.mtv.com/news/2146368/game-of-thrones-mental-illness/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (1999), [[Livia Soprano]] is diagnosed with BPD,<ref>{{cite book|vauthors=Lavery D|title=This Thing of Ours: Investigating the Sopranos|date=2002|publisher=Wallflower Press|page=118}}</ref> and even the portrayal of [[Bruce Wayne]]/Batman in the show ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'' (2018) is said to include aspects of the disorder.<ref>{{cite web|title=Titans Gives Bruce Wayne a Psychological Diagnosis|date=26 August 2021|url=https://www.cbr.com/titans-bruce-wayne-borderline-personality-disorder/|access-date=9 August 2022|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809095534/https://www.cbr.com/titans-bruce-wayne-borderline-personality-disorder/|url-status=live}}</ref> The animated series ''[[BoJack Horseman]]'' (2014) also features a main character with symptoms of BPD.<ref>{{cite web|last=Alvernaz|first=Adam|date=2019-01-29|title=The Depressing Themes Hiding in Bojack Horseman's Closet|url=https://www.highlandernews.org/34540/depressing-themes-hiding-bojack-horsemans-closet/|access-date=2024-01-04|website=Highlander|archive-date=4 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104230452/https://www.highlandernews.org/34540/depressing-themes-hiding-bojack-horsemans-closet/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Awareness ===
Awareness of BPD has been growing, with the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] declaring May as Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/awareness/awareness-files/background.shtml|title=BPD Awareness Month – Congressional History|work=BPD Today|publisher=Mental Health Today|access-date=1 November 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708083602/http://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.com/awareness/awareness-files/background.shtml|archive-date=8 July 2011}}</ref> People with BPD will share their personal experiences of living with the disorder on social media to raise awareness of the condition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://bpd-aware.com/when-is-bpd-awareness-month/|title=When is BPD Awareness Month?|publisher=BPD-Aware|access-date=7 September 2024|archive-date=7 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240907151908/https://bpd-aware.com/when-is-bpd-awareness-month/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Public figures like South Korean singer-songwriter [[Lee Sun-mi]] have opened up about their personal experiences with the disorder, bringing further attention to its impact on individuals' lives.<ref>{{cite web|vauthors=Kim E|date=16 December 2020|title=선미 고백한 '경계선 인격장애' 뭐길래?|trans-title=What is the 'borderline personality disorder' that Sunmi confessed to?|language=Korean|url=https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=082&aid=0001052070|publisher=[[Naver TV]]|access-date=16 December 2020|archive-date=6 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206162916/https://entertain.naver.com/ranking/read?oid=082&aid=0001052070|url-status=live}}</ref>

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