Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person (generally over the age of eighteen years, although it is also found in adolescents), characterized by depth and variability of moods.The disorder typically involves unusual levels of instability in mood; black and white thinking, or splitting; the disorder often manifests itself in idealization and devaluation episodes, as well as chaotic and unstable interpersonal relationships, self-image, identity, and behavior; as well as a disturbance in the individual’s sense of self. In extreme cases, this disturbance in the sense of self can lead to periods of dissociation.[wikipedia]
Brandon Marshall, Miami Dolphins player, revealed on Sunday that he was diagnosed earlier this year with borderline personality disorder.
Marshall said he wants to let people know about his own BPD to raise awareness.
“The longer that BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder, goes untreated the worse it gets as you all have seen my life publicly,” Marshall said. “I would have thrown away my career, and there was a good possibility my life. I’m still suffering from the consequences of this. Another reason why I am so passionate it is because I may lose my wife still and that hurts me. I am a very passionate person.
Marshall said he thinks his Borderline Personality Disorder kicked in heavily after his rookie season, 2006 after what he called “traumatic relationships with family members and a past relationship.”
Marshall’s most recent brush with trouble came in April, when Broward Sherriff’s Office officers were called to Marshall’s Southwest Ranches home. They arrested Michi Nogami-Marshall, Marshall’s wife. The original police report stated Marshall’s wife said she stabbed him in the stomach in self-defense, and there was no blood on broken glass to support Marshall’s claim of falling over a vase. Marshall reiterated the vase claim to the Broward State Attorney’s Office in June. Friday, the office announced no charges would be filed.
Omar Kelly of the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported on Saturday that the 27-year-old underwent “3 months of treatment and therapy, psychological and neurological exams at Boston’s McLean Hospital.”
Right after three months of treatment and therapy, psychological and neurological exams at Boston’s McLean Hospital, the training ground for Harvard University medical students, Marshall believes he’s lastly on the root of his struggles.
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