is BPD really mental illness?

[Guest guest]

So one of the issues I'm struggling with now is whether or not my mother is

really mentally ill. Watching the recent trial of a man who kidnapped a

young girl and made her his wife, claiming it was ordained by God, that took

place in my community has been kind of an external version of my internal

struggle. He was declared a (help me Annie with the terms) Cluster B

mentally ill guy, possiblly a sociopath. They decided he knew what he was

doing was wrong but did it anyway. He was found guilty.

Kind of sad that such a sick sick man would remind me of my nada. . . But

anyway, I don't fully have my arms around it yet, but I believe in my mind

I'm going to issue my own verdict - my nada, guilty without the excuse of

insanity. She just did not care about society's rules. She would have eaten

her own daughter alive if she got hungry enough (ran out of tootsie rolls).

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Girlscout