I suffer from it. I have to take medication to regulate myself. It's a real disorder and you should be lucky not to have it. It tells you that you are the smartest person in the room yet at the same time think you are worthless and should kill yourself. Drinking alcohol makes it 10X worse yet it's a great way to stop the voices...........
Yeah, I've lived with people with Bipolar and also people with BPD at various points in my life. I don't marginalize either condition.
To be clear again, we are discussing two different disorders.
I think the majority of Brandon's extreme behavior can be
explained by his BPD, from the tantrums, to the fights, to the paranoia, to the domestic abuse, to the narcissism.
I also think that SOME of it can be
excused because it's just harder for someone with BPD to live. That to me is where you have to look.
Where is the line that things can be overlooked considering his condition? Is it-
1) Retail theft
2) DUI
2) The tantrums
3) Calling out teammates in ways that hurt the locker room?
4) Getting into physical fights with teammates?
5) The narcissism? Including calling a press conference where he trashed his ex.
6) The domestic violence
He's pissed people off so bad that he's had people, including friends and family try to fight him(multiple), stab him (ex), run him over with a car (father), and even murder him (The murder where he was the intended target when Darent Williams got killed). And that's just in his personal life.
But some people on here will tell you that Brandon Marshall's issues in the locker room were because he just cared too much or tried too hard. He has BPD, and that impacts every interaction he has.
Where is the right line to excuse his behavior? I don't know, but hopefully we can all agree that domestic violence is inexcusable and work our way back based on our own belief systems. I do know that to me, I wouldn't want him anywhere near the Bears even if he was still in his prime.
Now, being diagnosed, treated (likely for the rest of his life), and becoming an advocate? Those things I respect.
