J.J. Blair wrote on Wed, 11 August 2010 19:49 |
Ryan, these aren't recent developments. Some reports of this behavior go back a long ways. Also, substance addiction did not seem to be part of the problem. He did suffer from very debilitating depression, much like another borderline I know. The other borderline I know had sociopathic tendencies, as well.
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Ok, skip that theory then..
indeed with 'kookiness' there is often a lot of crossover of symptoms which is known as comorbidity. One of the problems with the psychiatric 'manual' the DSM, is that people have found symptoms overlap & often don't fit into a neat categorical definition/set list of traits. Depression is apparently a frequent comorbid feature of Borderline fwiw.
The other borderline - a certain 'model' I assume? Definitely seems a candidate.. The Borderliner I was around, among so much other strange behavior, had moments where things resembled an actual horror movie, which I learned later was their psychotic side coming to the fore. Nightmare.
Anyway, such a bizarre story, someone with so much promise & apparent actual talent with electronics - yet with such faults...
(IMO if someone were a 'full on' sociopath you'd think they'd as an example, do something like blag their way into an electronics job possessing few true qualifications - not having the focus & determination to become accomplished, steal the designs, get someone else to make the units with borrowed money, claim it all as their own work, get orders, skip town leaving a trail of bills)
Bipolar could possibly fit with a profile of depression, high skill & creativity, coupled with periods of completely messing up in ways that are impossible to comprehend and leaving a trail of wreckage.