Romeo And Juliet Borderline Personality Disorder

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Borderline personality disorder is known to affect many individuals, but at what cost? This psychological concept reflects a person’s struggle to find identity because of others and how they view their own self-image. The “Borderline Personality Disorder” by the National Institute of Mental Health publicizes that “loss of emotional control can increase impulsivity, affect how a person feels about themselves, and negatively impact their relationships with others,” leading to long-term effects in the near future (National Institute of Mental Health). Depending on what a person may experience, this physiological concept can determine what or how many symptoms they develop. Let's say someone has trouble managing relationships with their peers and/or …show more content…

Juliet always tries to change herself to make other people happy. This amount of inconsistency allows borderline personality disorder to take place. Juliet, in desperate want of Romeo, proclaims, “But trust me, gentleman, I'll prove more true/ Than those that have more coying to be strange” (Shakespeare 2.2.100-101). She wants to change herself to come across as perfect for Romeo, even though she does not think of herself as that type of person. An additional component to Juliet’s constant change in personality happens since she commits to other people’s wants, even if she does not want to go through with what she says. This causes her to appear to the public and Lord and Lady Capulet as a respectful and responsible young lady, then later leaves her wondering how she can sneak around what she agrees to do. If someone appears as a “people-pleaser,” they will do anything for anyone without saying no, even if they do not want to do it. In this case, Juliet seems like a “people-pleaser,” meaning that in everything she does upfront, she wants to make people happy. However, a person who does not care about pleasing others will just do what they …show more content…

Melinda, in this case, does not consider the proper precautions, leading her to show multiple symptoms of borderline personality disorder. Whether someone cares what other people think, like Juliet, or doesn’t care at all, like Melinda, obsessive ideas of either situation reflect on the symptoms that develop with borderline personality disorder. In closing, the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, and the novel Speak, written by Laurie Halse Anderson, both have characters who face borderline personality disorder, and demonstrate the impact the concept has on their personality and decisions. Juliet and Melinda both have inferior personalities and unstable relationships, causing complications from borderline personality disorder to arise. Furthermore, it leads to a negative impact on their decisions and personality traits which causes them to view themselves without positivity. However, both girls take other people’s opinions in different ways, which will lead to different outcomes in the

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