Characters
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Amy Williams
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 18
- Orientation:
- Straight
Amy is a sweet girl, she loves to read and spend time by herself. After first impressions with new people she appears to be perfectly normal, and she is. Except from the fact that she has borderline personality disorder. Individuals with BPD can be very sensitive to the way others treat them, reacting strongly to perceived criticism or hurtfulness. Their feelings about others often shift from positive to negative, generally after a disappointment or perceived threat of abandonment or of losing someone. Self-image can also change rapidly from extremely positive to extremely negative. Impulsive behaviors are common, including alcohol or drug abuse, promiscuous and intense sexuality, gambling and recklessness in general. Attachment studies have revealed a strong association between BPD and insecure attachment style, the most characteristic types being "unresolved", "preoccupied", and "fearful". Evidence suggests that individuals with BPD, while being high in intimacy- or novelty-seeking, can be hyper-alert to signs of rejection or devaluation and tend toward insecure, avoidant or ambivalent, or fearfully preoccupied patterns in relationships. They tend to view the world as generally dangerous and malevolent.
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Danny McKenna
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 21
- Orientation:
- Straight
Danny has been in the institution for almost two years. Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland he was moved down to London a month before being institutionalized. He is very kind and caring and loves to have fun, although he talks a lot when he gets excited, but that's one of the traits that Amy loves about him. Though he looks perfectly healthy you can quickly tell that he has Bipolar Disorder. 'Bipolar disorder is a condition in which people experience intermittent abnormally elevated (manic or hypomanic) and, in many cases, abnormally depressed states for periods of time in a way that interferes with functioning. Not everyone's symptoms are the same, and there is no simple physiological test to confirm the disorder. Often bipolar is inconsistent among patients because some people feel depressed more often than not and experience little mania whereas others experience predominantly manic symptoms.'