Amber Heard has symptoms of borderline personality disorder according to forensic psychologist: What is it?

Forensic psychologist Shannon Curry, who was employed by actor Johnny Depp’s authorized crew, testified this Tuesday within the civil lawsuit between Depp and his ex-wife, actress Amber Heard, that she identified the 36 year-old with borderline character dysfunction (BPD) and histrionic character dysfunction, in keeping with a current Time report. 

“Character is the mind-set, feeling and behaving that makes an individual totally different from different folks. A person’s character is influenced by experiences, surroundings (environment, life conditions) and inherited traits. An individual’s character sometimes stays the identical over time,” in keeping with the American Psychiatric Affiliation. 

Somebody might have a character dysfunction when their method of “pondering, feeling and behaving” deviates from the cultural expectations that causes issues with functioning over time, the affiliation added. 

There are ten character problems, that are outlined by affecting at the very least two of the next areas: the best way we take into consideration ourselves, the best way we reply emotionally, the best way we relate to others or the best way we management our habits.

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“BPD is a life-long character sample of getting too many feelings and having a tough time managing them. Because of this, folks use immature protection mechanisms that permit them behave in ways in which in the end lead to feeling or being deserted,” mentioned Dr. Elie G. Aoun, habit and forensic psychiatrist at Columbia College and a member of the American Psychiatric Affiliation board of trustees.

In response to the American Psychiatric Affiliation’s Diagnostic and Statistical Handbook of Psychological Issues, Fifth Version (DSM-5), BPD is identified on the idea of a “pervasive” sample of instability regarding interpersonal relationships and self-image in addition to impulsivity that begins by early maturity, with the diagnostic handbook noting sufferers want to satisfy standards for at the very least 5 signs.

A few of the commonest signs embrace: frequent and intense temper swings, concern of actual or imagined abandonment, problem sustaining wholesome private relationships, impulsive habits – like reckless driving, unsafe sexual exercise or playing and paranoia – the place folks fear that others don’t like them or don’t need to spend time with them, per the Cleveland Clinic.

Curry, who is just not board licensed, mentioned that BPD is “pushed by an underlying concern of abandonment,” so sufferers with this dysfunction “will make determined makes an attempt to stop that from taking place.”

Aoun informed Fox Information that BPD sufferers really feel so emotionally remoted that they query their very own existence. They have interaction in self-harming behaviors as a result of they really feel so empty inside that creating some sort of bodily ache permits them to overpower their psychological capability that distracts from the emotional ache that they’re feeling. 

Depp’s crew hopes Curry’s analysis will help audio clip proof offered earlier within the trial that has Heard begging Depp to not go away their relationship regardless of his need to interrupt up, in keeping with Time. 

Curry famous BPD additionally “appears to be a predictive issue for girls who implement violence in opposition to their companion,” with Depp stating he’s a sufferer of home violence as a result of Heard hit him a number of occasions as properly threw paint cans and vodka bottles at him, per the information journal.

However on cross-examination, Heard’s protection crew famous Curry’s opinions contradicted her docs’ stories that she was a home violence sufferer due to Depp, in keeping with Newsweek. 

Although Curry famous Heard didn’t meet standards for post-traumatic stress dysfunction (PTSD), she mentioned: “Simply because anyone would not have PTSD does not imply that they weren’t harmed psychologically by no matter is being alleged — on this case, Ms. Heard is alleging that she was psychologically harmed and that she suffered PTSD due to abuse that she alleges occurred by Mr. Depp.”

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard 
(Evelyn Hockstein/Pool through AP)

Curry interviewed Heard on Dec. 10 and Dec. 17, 2021, for a complete 12 hours and reviewed her medical data, however she famous to the protection crew on cross-examination that she was interviewed by Depp’s authorized crew at his dwelling the place she had dinner and drinks earlier than she was positioned on retainer, in keeping with a current Folks report. 

“Individuals with BPD typically trigger bodily hurt to themselves as a result of feeling ache is usually higher than not feeling something in any respect. They typically act in socially inappropriate methods for the only real goal of getting a response – even when it’s destructive as a result of a destructive response is best than no response in any respect of their eyes,” Aoun mentioned. 

“Like many ladies, I had been harassed and sexually assaulted by the point I used to be of school age. However I stored quiet — I didn’t anticipate submitting complaints to carry justice. And I didn’t see myself as a sufferer,” Heard wrote in a 2018 op-ed article within the Washington Publish. 

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“Then two years in the past, I turned a public determine representing home abuse, and I felt the complete drive of our tradition’s wrath for girls who converse out.”

Although Heard’s article by no means talked about Depp by identify, he’s suing her for $50 million in Virginia’s Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom for “defamation by implication” because the piece refers to home abuse allegations Heard made when she filed for divorce in 2016, in keeping with Time.

Actor Amber Heard speaks to her authorized crew within the courtroom on the Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom in Fairfax, Va., Thursday, April 28, 2022. Actor Johnny Depp sued his ex-wife actor Amber Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Courtroom after she wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Publish in 2018 referring to herself as a “public determine representing home abuse.” 
(Michael Reynolds/Pool Photograph through AP)

Heard, nonetheless, filed a $100 million counterclaim for defamation for Depp’s legal professional calling her a “liar,” per Yahoo Information. 

“I write this as a girl who needed to change my cellphone quantity weekly as a result of I used to be getting demise threats. For months, I not often left my residence, and once I did, I used to be pursued by digital camera drones and photographers on foot, on bikes and in vehicles,” Heard wrote in her op-ed.

“I felt as if I used to be on trial within the court docket of public opinion — and my life and livelihood relied on myriad judgments far past my management.”

In case you suppose you’re a sufferer of home violence, name the Nationwide Home Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. The hotline is obtainable 24/7 in additional than 170 languages and calls are toll-free and confidential.