MARY KENNEDY - POSTER CHILD FOR BORDERLINE DISORDER

In August of 2011, I excitedly posted here that Brandon Marshall, at that time the wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, had announced at a press conference that he had finally been told the reason for the emotional troubles in his life -- he was diagnosed as suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder.  He was relieved and excited about his future, as he discussed his treatment.

I was thrilled.  Since the publication of my Boomerang Love book in 2005, I've been waiting for someone with a well-known name to step forward and admit suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder.  I was waiting for the Betty Ford of this disorder, to begin educating the public.

I've been disappointed that Marshall hasn't gone much further in public education than his original press conference.  Since he's in the sports news frequently, perhaps he hasn't had time to do that yet.

But then Mary Kennedy, wife of Robert Kennedy Jr., hanged herself in her barn last month. 

Newsweek magazine covered it, with full details of her suffering with Borderine Personality Disorder behaviors and the sad predicament of her husband and children, trying to help her.

I realized today that the Borderline Personality Disorder spokesperson has arrived. 

She didn't arrive in person, at a grand press conference.  She arrived crawling in great emotional pain and despair, exhausted from the battle with a disorder she never got treatment for.

Mary Kennedy is a Poster Child for Untreated Borderline Personality Disorder.

(Do you know someone suffering from the Borderline disorder who doesn't know they have it or is resisting getting treatment for it?  Tell us about it with the Comment link below.

Help get the word out to the public about this disorder.  Like this post below or click Share This to tell the rest of the world.  Let's try to prevent some future suicides.)

 

Comments

[gurjeet]

I realized today that the Borderline Personality Disorder spokesperson has arrived.

[Lynn Melville, author, Boomerang Love]

A-a-w shucks, gurjeet. I presume you mean me.

But you're right. Other than people with Borderline Personality Disorder themselves (writing books or raging on blogs) -- I'm pretty well the main (loudest?) person out there, trying to shine a light into this dark corner of pain -- for the Borderlines 'and' their partners.

I feel like I'm a walking billboard -- "Watch out! There's Borderline Personaolity Disorder out there!"