Stop the Abuse

MAY VOTED Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month

Hurray !!  Borderline Personality Disorder is finally getting some governmental attention. 

On April 1, 2008, the U. S. House of Representatives voted 414-0 to adopt H. Res. 1005, a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month.

The resolution, introduced by Representative Thomas Davis (R-VA), expresses the sense of the House that May should be designated as Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month.

Representative Davis said, "Mental health professionals have recognized this disease since 1980, yet it continues to lag far behind other psychiatric disorders of similar prevalence in research, treatment options and family education.  Raising awareness of this disease is an important first step toward getting the recognition and research dollars that, hopefully, can help future victims and their families avoid the enormous suffering this disease causes now."

Of course, this is only one branch of our government, but it's a step in the right direction. 

It's time for Borderline Personality Disorder to come out of the closet.

What do you think about this governmental action?  Will it do any good?  What needs to be done next?

BEHAVIORS INDICATING Borderline Personality Disorder

Does your partner act like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?   On my web site, I have a section titled Red Flags (http://www.boomeranglove.com/asp/redflags-20.asp.  Here you can study over 80 behaviors that indicate the possible presence of Borderline Personality Disorder.

Dr. J. Kent Griffiths has spent over 30 years compiling his thoughts on what he considers to be a characer disorder/personality disorder.  He has graciously allowed me to reprint his behavior list on both my web site and in my book Breaking Free from Boomerang Love.

Dr. Griffiths states that a character disordered person is different from everyone else by their "baseline' behavior -- meaning that they return to the deviant behavior over time. 

All of us have bad days.  Dr. Griffiths says that problems occur only when the majority of behavior is present and repetitive over time.

Check out the above Red Flags section of my web site and then return here to comment below on your thoughts.

MOST DANGEROUS TIME TO LEAVE: 1st Two Weeks

The April 2, 2006, issue of the Louisiana Shreveport Times points up once more the danger of those first two weeks when we either leave our abusive relationship -- or simply 'announce' that we're leaving.

The above news piece reports that March 29, 2006, "a man fired four shots at his girlfriend, after she told him she wanted to end the relationship.  While the gunman missed his target, he sent a bullet crashing through a school bus window.  The shards of glass injured a child."

Be careful, my friends . . . be careful.

BORDERLINE SEX/PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION