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Story Ideas for your particular audience
Assistance
The
authors of >Stop Walking
on Eggshells can assist you by:
Locating appropriate people who are willing to talk to
all types of media. Helping your staff or freelancer
write an article by summarizing information, pointing to resources,
etc. Submitting stories of all types
(first person, third person, journalistic style, any length,
etc.) all tones (serious, frothy, things-you-should-know, psychological
bullet points, etc.) for all audiences (young women, single
women, married women, young single men, older married men, professional,
etc.). In other words: a story that fits seamlessly into your
particular demographics, requirements and standards. This
is just a starting point; we can work with you to create other
ideas for your audiences.
Women's
issues:
Why does BPD seem to strike mainly women; is this real or gender
bias? How does this affect women; how does this affect men who
aren't being diagnosed and aren't getting help.
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Men's
issues:
Men comprise largest non-BP audience. Host of issues involving
battered men; men denied custody because of their gender; men
who stay in abusive situations, lack of resources, abused men,
etc. See http://www.vix.com/menmag/batbpd.htm
. or http://www.fact.on.ca/books/stopwalk.htm
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Marriage
and divorce: Some
of the most difficult marriages and divorces involve a BP partner.
No matter if one chooses to stay or go, the implications are great
and skills need to be developed.
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Abusive
relationships:
BPs can be emotionally, physically or sexually abusive. See http://www.recovery-man.com/abusive/abuse_books.htm
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Fatherhood:
Fathers
have special problems because they are afraid if they divorce,
they will never see their children again. False accusations of
sexual abuse and physical abuse of the BP or their children.
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Lesbian
and gay: Since
BPD seems to be more common in women, BPD is often found in the
lesbian community. Some members of the GLBT community are afraid
of getting help because they have not "come out."
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Can
children have BPD? This is a controversial area with many
possibilities and dozens of dramatic stories. Many of these kids
are dubbed “bad kids” who have “conduct disorders” when they really
have BPD. Things parents can do to minimize the possibility of
child developing BPD.
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How
children are affected by BPD behavior in parents:Both minor children and adults who grew up with a BP parent(s) can be scarred by behavior an adult can cope with but a child cannot.
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Relationships:
Does
someone you love have BPD? If so, how can you tell if the relationship
doomed or worth saving? How do you go about ending it or working
on it
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Internet
online communities:
Since it is nearly impossible to find other BPs or non-BPs in
real life for many reasons, the Internet has become the place
for people to meet and receive information and support. Involvement
comes from people all over the world.
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Controversy:
Why BPD does not get the attention of diseases and diseases with
less morbidity and mortality; how even the organizations that
try to destigmatize mental illness will not advocate for this
one; the fact that majority of professionals are not trained to
identify and treat this disorder.
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Religion:
Many people with BPD say that their spirituality and faith has
been key in their recovery; many non-BPs struggle with keeping
to the tenants of their faith (e.g. don't divorce, make the feelings
of other your priority) while coping with BPD behavior.
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Criminology:
If you plug in "borderline personality disorder" in
a database of newspaper stories, many of them will involve crime.
Are people with BPD more likely to commit a crime, such as Susan
Smith?
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Self-Help:
Things that either non-BPs or BPs can do to help themselves and
each other. Certain things you should >never
do or say with a BP loved one. How to act loving toward someone
else and still take care of yourself. See http://209.52.189.2/article.cfm/borderline_personality/31155
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Professional
issues: How
can professionals become more familiar with disorder; treatment;
reimbursement; recognizing impact to family and work with family;
how BP clients do not mirror clients they see in their practice.
See http://www.apa.org/monitor/jul97/border.html.
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Social
issues:
BPD is nearly ignored by organization that should be taking it
under their wing, ongoing lack of recognition, funding and information.
Does our society encourage this disorder with its double messages
(especially toward women), and contradictions.
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Trends:
BPD is replacing bipolar and schizophrenia as main inpatient diagnosis.
More and more consumer books being written about disorder (there
were two in 1993; now about 10 have been published in the last
few years).
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Book
reviews:
Self explanatory.
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Science
and medicine:
New research showing personality traits being influenced by neurotransmitters;
separated-at-birth identical twin studies showing similar personalities
in both of the twins. Talking about this research and its implications
for people with BPD and all of us.
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Psychology
and mental health:
Self explanatory.
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Personal
experience: Dozens
of people with BPD and their family and friends have dramatic
life-or-death stories (or relationship stories, or divorce stories,
etc.) that can be customized for your media outlet.
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Personality
profiles: Dramatic
stories of both BPs and non-BPs in all demographics (see below).
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Dramatic
personal story
Non-BP
(family or friend) dramatic story that fits your demographic
and format. Person
with BPD: (family or friend) dramatic story that fits your demographic
and format. Profile
of authors wrote book against all odds (one had personal experience,
one had two jobs) wrote via bet research, turned down by 30
publishers and now in fifth printing and one of publisher's
best-selling books, up to 206 on Amazon.com). Celebrity
and Well-Known Persons (note: this is a tenuous area). Films
and books that feature characters with BPD, eg Girl Interrupted, Fatal Attraction, many others The Day My Daughter (husband, wife, mother, etc.) Tried
to kill me. I Can't Please My Mother (Father, Daughter, Mother-In-Law) When I Tried To Break Up With My Girlfriend (Boyfriend,
Wife, Husband) He (Stalked Me, Became Violent, Would Give Me
Up) The Disorder Your Therapist Won't Tell You You Have --and
What You Need to Know Real Life ">Fatal
Attractions." Princess Diana's Disorder: Could You (Your Child, Your
Husband) Have It Too?
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