Comments on: Amy Winehouse Threatens Suicide http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/amy-winehouse-threatens-suicide/ Help for partners and parents of people with Borderline Personality Disorder - Non-BPDs by Bon Dobbs Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:02:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Tom Smith http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/amy-winehouse-threatens-suicide/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Tom Smith Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:44:48 +0000 http://www.anythingtostopthepain.com/2008/10/06/amy-winehouse-threatens-suicide/#comment-874 I don’t know if Amy Winehouse has borderline personality disorder or if she is bipolar or both, but her erratic behavior as reported in the press indicates that something unhealthy is going on. As the father of a daughter who had bipolar and who died by suicide, I do know the anguish, confusion, and sheer pain that Amy’s family and friends must be going through. Based on research I did for my book, A Balanced Life, I offer them two thoughts: 1) mental illness is manageable, provided of course that the person with the illness is willing to help manage it; 2) even if the loved one with mental health problems denies the illness and does not cooperate, the family and friends can adopt some strategies that will help them cope with the illness. That book is based on our experience and the experience of people in our support group. It identifies a list of 9 strategies for coping with the mental health problems of a loved one, which you can read on our website listed below. Amy’s family and friends, or anyone else dealing with these kinds of issues, may find the book and site helpful. Tom Smith Author of "A Balanced Life" and Co-Founder of the Karla Smith Foundation http://karlasmithfoundation.org/ I don’t know if Amy Winehouse has borderline personality disorder or if she is bipolar or both, but her erratic behavior as reported in the press indicates that something unhealthy is going on. As the father of a daughter who had bipolar and who died by suicide, I do know the anguish, confusion, and sheer pain that Amy’s family and friends must be going through. Based on research I did for my book, A Balanced Life, I offer them two thoughts: 1) mental illness is manageable, provided of course that the person with the illness is willing to help manage it; 2) even if the loved one with mental health problems denies the illness and does not cooperate, the family and friends can adopt some strategies that will help them cope with the illness.

That book is based on our experience and the experience of people in our support group. It identifies a list of 9 strategies for coping with the mental health problems of a loved one, which you can read on our website listed below.

Amy’s family and friends, or anyone else dealing with these kinds of issues, may find the book and site helpful.

Tom Smith
Author of “A Balanced Life” and Co-Founder of the Karla Smith Foundation
http://karlasmithfoundation.org/

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