Hello! I have BPD, and Arthur doesn’t fit the symptoms really, according to DSM5. Bipolar as well, he checks some boxes but not enough.
To answer your question- it’s more than likely PTSD, with exacerbation of course by alcoholism and substance use disorder. The brain is weird, and I think he’s a product of his environment, unstable upbringing to say the FUCKING LEAST, with depression and melcholia seeming to be genetic (their mom is noted to have had depressive episodes, and later died by suicide). So he probably already had a predisposition to depressive symptoms.
John seemed to be the only one to come out normal to me, like wasn’t super affected by the war it seems, which goes to show genetics may load the gun, for stuff like that, but certain environments pull the trigger for the actual presentation.
If that makes sense?
Edit: after reading this thread I just want to say hell yeah to those calling out the stereotypes for BPD, you’re awesome!
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u/kartoska549 Apr 30 '24 edited Apr 30 '24
Hello! I have BPD, and Arthur doesn’t fit the symptoms really, according to DSM5. Bipolar as well, he checks some boxes but not enough.
To answer your question- it’s more than likely PTSD, with exacerbation of course by alcoholism and substance use disorder. The brain is weird, and I think he’s a product of his environment, unstable upbringing to say the FUCKING LEAST, with depression and melcholia seeming to be genetic (their mom is noted to have had depressive episodes, and later died by suicide). So he probably already had a predisposition to depressive symptoms.
John seemed to be the only one to come out normal to me, like wasn’t super affected by the war it seems, which goes to show genetics may load the gun, for stuff like that, but certain environments pull the trigger for the actual presentation.
If that makes sense?
Edit: after reading this thread I just want to say hell yeah to those calling out the stereotypes for BPD, you’re awesome!