Borderline personality disorder: Difference between revisions

Television series like ''[[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV series)|Crazy Ex-Girlfriend]]'' (2015), ''[[That 70's70s Show]]'' (2006), and the miniseries ''[[Maniac (miniseries)|Maniac]]'' (2018) depict characters with BPD.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 September 2018|title=Netflix's 'Maniac' Is A Trippy Ride with a Lot To Say About Mental Illness|website=Bustle|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/how-netflixs-maniac-uses-mental-illness-to-interrogate-what-it-means-to-be-normal-12019062|url-status=live|access-date=1 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302024650/https://www.bustle.com/p/how-netflixs-maniac-uses-mental-illness-to-interrogate-what-it-means-to-be-normal-12019062|archive-date=2 March 2019|vauthors=Patton R}}</ref> Traits of BPD and narcissistic personality disorders are observed in characters like [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]] and [[Jaime Lannister]] from ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (1996) and its TV adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite news|publisher=MTV News|title=A Therapist Explains Why Everyone on 'Game of Thrones' Has Serious Issues: Westeros is Basically A Living, Breathing Manual for Mental Illness|date=30 April 2015|vauthors=Rosenfield K|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2146368/game-of-thrones-mental-illness/|access-date=13 May 2019|archive-date=13 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513175836/http://www.mtv.com/news/2146368/game-of-thrones-mental-illness/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In ''[[The Sopranos]]'' (1999), [[Livia Soprano]] is diagnosed with BPD,<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Lavery D |title=This Thing of Ours: Investigating the Sopranos |date=2002 |publisher=Wallflower Press |page=118}}</ref> and even the portrayal of [[Bruce Wayne]]/Batman in the show ''[[Titans (2018 TV series)|Titans]]'' (2018) is said to include aspects of the disorder.<ref>{{cite web |title=Titans Gives Bruce Wayne a Psychological Diagnosis |date=26 August 2021 |url=https://www.cbr.com/titans-bruce-wayne-borderline-personality-disorder/ |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809095534/https://www.cbr.com/titans-bruce-wayne-borderline-personality-disorder/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The animated series ''[[BoJack Horseman|Bojack Horseman]]'' (2014) also features a main character with symptoms of BPD.<ref>{{cite web |last=Alvernaz |first=Adam |date=2019-01-29 |title=The Depressing Themes Hiding in Bojack Horseman's Closet |url=https://www.highlandernews.org/34540/depressing-themes-hiding-bojack-horsemans-closet/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=Highlander |language=en-US |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104230452/https://www.highlandernews.org/34540/depressing-themes-hiding-bojack-horsemans-closet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>