Guest guest Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 Sound bites - that's what I do every day. I could do it. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 4:22 PM, shirleyspawn wrote: > > > Something I noticed - my son's taking AP Psychology, so of course I looked > up BPD in his textbook to see what the author would have to say about > Grandma. There was about a page and a half - of the entire text - devoted to > Personality Disorders. Of that, a short paragraph described BPD. That's all. > > Yet it looks to me like there are a LOT of undiagnosed BP's out there, and > they each have a family going through confusion and torment. > > I just don't think we're that rare. Add to that, BPD looks so different > from person to person - there have been a few movies with BPD characters, > and one rather sordid made-for-cable movie called " Borderline " that got the > behaviors right (but the BPD was a stalker, not a mom or dad). > > This is awfully hard to pin down and explain in the 15-second sound bite, > 6th grade reading level that popular media seems to demand. Heck, some of us > can't even convince our moms' psych doctors that she has it! > > I truly don't know what the answer is. It's a mess. > > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Required Reading > > To: WTOAdultChildren1 <WTOAdultChildren1%40yahoogroups.com> > > Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 6:29 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just keep turning over in my mind how injust it is for the KOs, and how > society willingly turns away from this evil in the home. What can we do, as > KOs, to save the next generation? > > > > > > > > I wish we could make this board required reading for every mandatory > reporter. There is no denying our experience. > > > > > > > > What can we do?? > > > > > > > > Seriously -- please, if you have ideas -- please share them. > > > > > > > > Laying awake at night, > > > > Tina > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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