Doug Ferrari Essay

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“I didn't have writer's block, I had living block... It's deadly for a comedian not to feel funny anymore” (Glionna). As he stands upon the stage today, inducing the audience to laugh at a variety of topics, not many people would differentiate between Doug Ferrari, who has Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and a normal comedian. With therapy and the taking of Prozac for his depression, Ferrari can reatin the preponderance of the symptoms from occurring while at a showing and when he is with his wife. Borderline Personality Disorder is a disease which tears at the relationships of those the suffers hold close.
After his sudden emergence into fame, Doug Ferrari was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and soon fought to acquire …show more content…

Unlike Ferrari, who has a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde existence” for his disorder, famous actresses such as Angelina Jolie, Lindsay Lohan, and Marilyn Monroe, were more open with their disorders. Among other famous people, Princess Diana, Courtney Love, Amy Winehouse, and Britney Spears also had Borderline Personality Disorder. According to Out of the Fog, some movies which portray Borderline Personality Disorder are A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Fatal Attraction (1987), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Mommie Dearest (1981), Single White Females (1992), and The Wizard of Oz (1944) (BPD). Mommie Dearest is a biographic movie about the actress Joan Crawford who simultaneously revealed Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Along with movies, many autobiographies and biographies depicted the traits for Borderline Personality Disorder. Such books, such, as brought to light by Nora Villagran, as Doug Ferrari's memoir Blood on the Clown Suit (The Laughter). Ferrari's memoir reverse time back to his not-so-glory days and brings awareness to others with the disorder. Other such books, such as, depicted by "Books About BPD,” are Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert O. Friedel, The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide by Alex Chapman and Kim Gratz, Princes Charming and a Glass Sister: A Curious Memoir: 61 Years of Life with Borderline Personality Disorder (Bpd) By Naomi Oona Murthy, and I Hate You - Don't Leave Me By Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus (NEABPD). Borderline Personality Disorder is a disorder which is often overlooked, but incredibly prevalent in the United States and the

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