The following article includes discussions of mental illness and suicide.
Pete Davidson has always been unabashedly honest when it comes to his mental and physical illnesses.
I have to constantly bring myself out of it.
I wake up depressed, but now I know my steps.
I have to go outside and be in sun … or go for a walk.
It’s all just programming yourself to trick your brain" (viaYouTube).
This can make it difficult for those with BDP to function well in their daily lives.
“I got diagnosed with BPD a few years ago [in 2017] … “Then, when somebody finally tells you, the weight of the world feels lifted off your shoulders.
You feel so much better.”
In 2017, he brought up his BPD diagnosis on “Saturday Night Live.”
“As some of you know, I was recently diagnosed with borderline personality disorder …
Sadly, with Davidson’s openness came bullying.
I’m upset I even have to say this” (viaNBC News).
This has certainly been the case for Davidson, who suffered personal trauma that exacerbated these symptoms.
“My big thing is trust,” Davidson toldMarc Maron in 2017 on his “WTF” podcast.
“One day [my dad] was here, and the next day he’s gone.
I would have trouble sometimes when my mom would say, ‘I’m going out.’
During the same interview, Davidson addressed the rage that comes with BPD.
“I started having these mental breakdowns, where I would like to freak out.
I wouldn’t know what happened until after I broke something or after I ‘came to.'”
Davidson also opened up about the manipulation that some with BPD are capable of exhibiting.
Davidson has a lengthy relationship history, but none of these partnerships have lasted very long.
“Normally I wouldn’t comment on something like this ‘cause, like, f*** you.
I [have] been hearing a lot of ‘people with BPD can’t be in relationships’ talk.
I just wanna let you know that’s not true.
Just because someone has a mental illness does not mean they can’t be happy and in a relationship.
It also doesn’t mean that person makes the relationship toxic.
That’s what we should think of when we think of Pete Davidson.
