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Woman Eats 78 Forks and Spoons
Woman Eats 78 Forks and Spoons Updated: Saturday, 31 Oct 2009, 1:37 PM EDT Published : Saturday, 31 Oct 2009, 1:35 PM EDT By MIKE BRODY (MYFOX NATIONAL) – A woman obsessed with eating cutlery had to have surgery to remove 78 forks and spoons from her stomach, the Daily Mail reports . Margaret Daalman, 52, went to the hospital in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, complaining of stomach pains. Doctors were stunned when X-ray’s of Dallman’s stomach (see pictures of the X-rays) revealed several pieces of silverware. Dallman was rushed into surgery where doctors intricately removed all of the cutlery. “She seems to have been suffering from some sort of obsession…
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Borderline Personality Disorder, Celebrities, DBT, Emotions, Odds and Ends, Other Disorders, Self-Injury
Dr. Drew tells us some celebrities have mental illnesses
Duh! Anyway, here is an article from Wired about celebrities and mental illness: Celebrities’ bad behavior is rooted in mental illness, according to “Dr. Drew” Pinsky, who is best known as the host of Celebrity Rehab and Loveline — a nationally syndicated radio show that invites listeners to call in with questions about sex and drugs. In his latest book, The Mirror Effect (on bookstore shelves Tuesday), he spells out a theory that stars are predisposed to narcissistic personality disorder long before they become famous. Their dysfunctional behavior is rewarded by Hollywood and portrayed as normal by the press. “As reporting on celebrity behavior becomes even more ruthless and mean-spirited,…
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One-night stand turns ugly
While this article is not specifically about BPD, there is some mutilation in it (not self, but of a boyfriend), so it may be triggering to some. Here is long article on it and here is a link to a shorter article with pictures (be warned!). ‘Blackburn woman tattooed lover with Stanley knife’ 8:50am Saturday 31st January 2009 A WOMAN used a Stanley knife to carve her name on the shoulder of her lover while he was asleep, a court heard. Dominique Fisher, 22, of Blackburn, has gone on trial accused of unlawfully wounding Wayne Robinson, with whom she had a drink-and-drug fueled four-day fling after meeting in a nightclub.…
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Another article on Self-Embedding
I was a bit disturbed they talked about this as a “fad”: Self-Mutilating Teens Embed Pins, Needles in Skin Study Reports a New Form of Self-Injury, but Some Doctors Are Not Surprised By LAUREN COX ABC News Medical Unit Dec. 9, 2008— Some doctors are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend by adolescents to mutilate their bodies through “self-embedding” — inserting shards of wood, glass or paper clips under their skin. Other medical experts, however, claim the embedding of needles and other objects in the skin is not a new syndrome, but is part of a growing problem of self-injury that is gaining attention. The grisly debate…
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Care giver pleads innocent in death of woman with BPD
I am posting this story because in this case the victim of the issue is the person with BPD. Her care giver is charged with neglect of the patient: Article published Dec 5, 2008 Innocent plea entered by caregiver in case where woman died By Thatcher Moats Times Argus Staff BARRE – Julie Davis is accused of doing too little too late to help a vulnerable adult who died while in her care last summer. Davis, 47, of Calais pleaded innocent in Vermont District Court in Barre Thursday to neglect of a vulnerable adult by a caregiver, which carries a potential penalty of 15 years in prison and a $10,000…
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Self-embedding: a new trend in self-harm?
Article about self-embedding…. Instead of cutting, some teens insert objects in skin 10:36 AM, December 3, 2008 As many as 20% of adolescents and young adults are believed to intentionally injure themselves, usually by cutting, as a response to emotional pain or trauma. But the number of ways people self-injure seems to be growing, perhaps spurred by Internet communication. One researcher has identified a new phenomenon he calls “self-embedding disorder.” In a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America. Dr. William E. Shiels II says he has removed such items as unfolded paper clips, wood slivers, metal staples, needles, pencil lead and stones…