Would you read a book about?

[passioninthisworld]

A woman of 31 with undiagnosed borderline personality disorder, that has made her life soooo difficult but has managed to overcome it?

Based on that synopsis I wouldn't, no.

Isn't that basically "Elinor Oliphant"?

I agree with others about is that the plot or is that the character?

To PP, early 30s isn't necessarily early to have overcome BPD if the character has had DBT, which has a high success rate at helping people with BPD and often eventually means they no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for BPD. I'd find it a bit unbelievable if the character overcame BPD and DBT wasn't part of their story.

I would be a bit sceptical/cynical to start with too, to be honest, as many depictions of people with BPD are extremely caricatured and offensive.

There are a lot of books about this but they usually have some other hook.

For example I'm currently reading Busy Being Free by Emma Forrest. She lives with BPD and has written about it in a previous memoir, but she's an astonishing writer and her work is also about relationships, human behaviour, how we understand our own sexuality etc.

So yes there's a market for this but you've got to be able to say something much bigger, to speak to a wide audience. And have a brilliant style too.

Nope. Too stressful to read in my downtime, life is hard enough without reading about someone else's life hassles. If it was something very very unique and remarkable then maybe but if it's just day to day struggles then no.

Just seen its undiagnosed BPD and they've magically overcome it... no I wouldn't read that, sounds too far from reality.

Huge apologies. Misread the op completely. No idea how. Seems to be a trend this morning.

That's a completely different disorder ..

DID is a newer term for multiple personality disorder.

Sorry posted at the same time!

Still wouldn't read it though because I have enough stresses in my life, so chose not to read about other people's.

To be expected. Could have kicked myself when I reread the op. I know loads of people are going to jump on it now. I've asked for it to be deleted.

Thanks mn.

No because I prefer fact to fiction.

I think the undiagnosed bit would be very off-putting. Why undiagnosed? Is this real? Is this you?

No.

No. What you describe sounds like the kind of ill-written pap in the ‘Unfortunate Lives’ section. (I’m not joking. I haven’t been in the Manchester Piccadilly Waterstones for aeons, but they used to have a section called ‘Unfortunate Lives’ dedicated mostly to abuse memoirs.)

And yes, why undiagnosed?

No, I wouldn’t read a book about self-diagnosed anything.

No.

I like a well reaserched book that is believable and close to reality.
I don't like books where the outcome is obvious from the first page.

I don't mind real life storie types as long as they have a captivating storyline and are very well written! And let's face it, 99.9999% of them aren't!

Sounds interesting

So much depends on delivery and style and quality of writing as well as the subject and tone. Plenty of people read and enjoyed Eleanor Oliphant is absolutely fine (or whatever it was called), because it was well written with great humour.

Definitely not.

Is it memoir? These stories are a dime a dozen and you won't sell copies to strangers (as opposed to your friends and family) unless you have a unique angle.

If it's a novel, what you've described isn't a plot and you'd need a lot more.

I wouldn't but have a friend that would, and does. However, I am currently reading a book about the social history of poisons, which is making me look very differently at everyday items, so would say there's a reader for any subject!

No, I would just watch Crazy Ex Girlfriend so I at least had the light relief of music.