I Love You Not Me Summary

I Love You, Not! In an excerpt titled, “Effects Upon Divorce Proceedings When a Spouse Suffers from Borderline Personality Disorder,” by David Crump, John B. Neibel Professor of Law, and Joan S. Anderson Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology, systematically use style, substance and organization to educate United States (U.S.) family law lawyers’ and prospective clients the unpleasant characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). By appealing both logic and emotion to background knowledge and concrete authorities, the authors’ justify the argument that prevention of future transgression among divorce cases is to delay adversarial action by being courteous and lack confidence (8).
This publication in 2009 Family Law Quarterly,

A paradigm of the story, “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” resembled the experience of psychological maladies of BPD (1). The authors’ logically infer the idea of two people contained in one body; although, the authors’ opinion is not stated. This anecdote supports evidence of the outrageous properties exhibited by BPD; subsequently, the authors’ quote psychiatrist, C.H. Hughes, “The borderland of insanity is occupied by many people…” (2). The authors’ intention is to provide trustworthy, authoritative, helpful data to assist in understanding the characteristics of BPD; therefore, a definitive source, “The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” published in the American Psychiatric Association describes the criteria for BPD (3-4). Background knowledge provides the power to significantly influence the outcome among quarrels involving relationships with participants suffering BPD in and out of court. The authors’ understood the importance of facts and provide over 100 years background history. Instability, intense interpersonal relationships, anger and paranoia are among some of the common patterns portrayed by those with BPD (4). Another example, “[O]bservations are the result of a career of seeing sufferers…” emphasizes the authors’ use authority providing formidable substance to the