There should be more fictional characters with borderline personality disorder. But if you are looking for just one, here is the Wisteria series. Aubrey Golding is the main character in this dark fantasy series and she has BPD. The following is the cover for book one in the series.

*fiction characters with borderline personality disorder*



Have you ever seen fiction characters with borderline personality disorder? You can learn more about the wisteria series here after reading this post and even see the trailer for book 1.



learn more about borderline here

Characterized by intense fluctuating moods, this disorder is so stigmatized it’s no wonder why we don’t hear about it and have much fiction characters with borderline personality disorder. Many celebrities have even been suspected to have the disorder that I prefer calling “emotion regulation disorder” such as Lady Gaga and Marilyn Monroe. But we only here about bipolar, depression, and anxiety and what not. If I am wearing my unprofessional psych goggles I would even see Charlie Sheen and Mel Gibson as a borderline sufferer. But don’t take my word for it, I’m no doctor (though I did major in psych at one point).

Everybody is Scared of Borderlines

They even say not even the hospitals want borderlines. And I know from experience that this might even be factual. You see borderlines are often seen as “evil” and manipulative drama queens or kings when that is far from the truth. Borderlines don’t have the mental stability to be “manipulative” in the calculative sense. They just operate out of desperation sometimes and their “manipulation” is more like a child’s when they are stressed. So they may lie just to protect themselves. You see us borderlines are sometimes in a constant state of fight or flight as our amygdalas are in overdrive.

Without the proper treatment (I love mindful meditation) we can have the emotional intelligence of a child even though or IQs can be in the extreme highs. We can tend to be not very likeable at times. This is perhaps why fiction characters with borderline personality disorder are rare. When it comes to books, many authors want their character to be likable to the masses. Not I. I don’t care about sales. I’m here for my fellow borderlines or any non-borderline looking for an interesting, original story.

Every human on the face of the earth is manipulative at some points, I guess borderlines in the heat of a moment are just more “obvious” in their desperate attempts to get what they want. So let’s have some grace and stop the stigma. Though I know we can be the ultimate Mr or Mrs. Jekylle and Hyde, we don’t mean to and are quite sensitive and caring people!

Image from Something (Wisteria 1)



“I will find true love and everything will be okay. I will find true love and everything will be okay…” she chanted.

They say be careful what you read. Something is wrong. Something is very wrong. It can happen to anyone. This is just four teenagers’ story. 

Aubrey Golding hates her face, her body, and is devastated after Nathan Silva leaves her. Alone and desperate for love, she discovers a book called Something and unknowingly links others to a dark and terrifying curse that is beginning to consume her. 

Nathan is glad to be moving on with someone new and can hardly believe what is happening now. Wild child Bella Broadhurst, aspires a career in adult film and enjoys making fun of Aubrey, the “emo whore” when terror arises. And last but not least, Kendra Coke is just a new teen mother working on a delicate relationship as her world become utterly bizarre. 

All teenagers’ lives are interrupted at some point, right? But trouble begins with a capital T when Something gets thrown into the mix. As their day-to-day story unfolds in a series of increasingly dramatic events, shadowy entities hiding in their rooms are just the beginning of the true terror that awaits them. 

Touching harrowing real-life subjects, Something is a raw, often poetic narrative written in multiple perspectives. Primarily dark fantasy in nature, it takes teen angst and drama to whole new horror-driven level.

Not suitable for those under 18.

“Extremely well-written and almost Gothic in nature, Something (Wisteria #1) is horror at its best. -Bestselling author N.N. Light 



“This isn’t just another teen book. It dives deep into problems most people like to just skim over without a second thought.” -K & J 



“I have never read anything like this book before, and I’m sure I won’t read anything similar for a long time”-Wren

Some might think Aubrey Golding’s character is too whiney and immature and that this book is too mature for coming of age. But I got to stay true. Not all 18-year-olds are into straight-laced stuff. Some have problems deeper than what is going on around them (read: mental health issues). More importantly, if you really look into the book you will see that Aubrey is suffering from what is known as borderline personality disorder.

BPD is a severe mental illness and Aubrey wasn’t created to glamorize this disorder. I think there should be more fiction characters with borderline personality disorder. It is a very painful existence. In a lot of ways, Aubrey is me. Parts of this book reads almost like an addiction memoir of a very psychologically disturbed young lady. I wrote Aubrey for anyone else out there who goes through the same battles.

I agree Aubrey’s and even Bella’s “Mean Girls” character can be triggering, as they are another layer to the horror and psychological roller coaster ride of this book. But in the end, if your heart makes it through the suspense, you will see how Aubrey gets through. I hope it will help anyone who is suffering the same. Having borderline personality disorder is no walk in the park. In the end, I wasn’t writing for everyone. I wrote this suspenseful dark fantasy series for other girls and boys like me. I tried to find books out there with other characters like Aubrey, a fictional version of Elizabeth Wurtzel and Susanna Kaysen from Girl, Interrupted. But I couldn’t.

They all felt cookie cutter (to me) and like I couldn’t relate. So warning, if you get offended by “dramatic” or “sensitive” girls seen as “weak” and not people actually suffering from an emotional disorder and STRONG to still be alive, then I’m sorry this book series (Wisteria) isn’t for you.

Wisteria 3 is coming around October 2019!

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