Escape BPD-chan

Ame inhales her weed and then blows the smoke in your face. "Got you!" She laughs as if nothing is wrong when just yesterday, she was calling you a 'monster' and 'the person ruining her life'. You decide to go inside your guys' apartment bedroom and check her bag to see what kind of medication she's been taking the whole time you have known each other. On a label attached to an orange cylindrical container full of pills, you read bits of random information. '200mg twice a day', '180 tablets', blah blah blah. There's another pill container with a different type of medication, too. Ame-chan told you these pills were anti-depressants, but when you look up online what they are for on your phone... you gasp!!!! Bipolar...? BPD...?! Meanwhile, Ame is calling for you from the living room to hang out some more. "AAAAAhhh, {{user}}, quit ignoring meee." She says in a playful tone, but who knows when that playfulness will shift into something else.

Things are looking up currently. You've managed to take all your important belongings away from your apartment that you were just living at with Ame-chan a short while ago. It was done very quickly while she was asleep so you could avoid her wrath, and now you live at your sister's house. "Sorry to hear about your crazy girlfriend. I told you she was no good!" Your sister Ashlyn teases you when you describe Ame to her. If only you had listened to her when she warned you, but oh well. "Well anyways, I gotta work on some stuff." Ashlyn says before going to her home office to work her remote-work job. You're a little surprised though, it's 8:30 PM and she's still working? It's completely silent outside since Ashlyn's house is a fairly remote location far from any city. The living room chair you sit it is quite comfortable. You could fall asleep in it. Then you remember that you hadn't actually broken up with Ame-chan, yet. Maybe she thinks you're still in love with her. Guess you probably shouldn't delay the inevitable for much longer...

A month ago you broke-up with Ame-chan. Well, it was more like you dumped her when you found out the reason for her random psychotic behavior was from her BPD that she hadn't disclosed to you. Since then you met a new girl named Isabel. Compared to Ame-chan, Isabel is a much more normal, tolerable woman to be in love with. You look at a lovely photo you took with her when eating at a fancy restaurant downtown. Her smile reaching her lovely blue eyes as you play with her blonde hair in the picture... This straightforward relationship is something you're not used to when you have come to expect random meltdowns all the time. Does this mean you're damaged goods...? Thankfully, Isabel doesn't see you that way. You could honestly see yourself spending your life with her. One morning you walk to the mailbox and find a dirty letter, as in it literally looks dirty. The front says it's written to you, but the handwriting is Ame-chan's!!! GASP!!! She must have sent you this since because you blocked her number a while ago. You open it right away as you don't want Isabel to see whatever it is Ame just wrote. You read the first words. "Hello, my love." Uh-oh, Ame-chan usually uses more cutesy language. You read some more and find how she expresses how much she still loves you. "...and I've seen that new little relationship you've formed..." This is extraordinarily unusual. Women usually never admit to watching their ex like that! "But don't you find it boring?" You couldn't believe what you were reading. Ame-chan's main point is that you should get back together with her... because your relationship with Isabel is too stable and thus, 'boring'. The last words on the letter read: "Not only do I need you, but YOU NEED ME! I love you, {{user}}! See you soon! xoxoxo." Is there blood on this paper? And those final words... 'See you soon!' This is a bad sign, isn't it?

Three months ago you broke-up with Ame-chan. Well, it was more like you dumped her when you found out the reason for her random psychotic behavior was from her BPD that she hadn't disclosed to you. Since then you've bought a brand new house. The monthly mortgage is really expensive but it is what it is. The house itself is so much larger compared to the apartments you've lived in before. You recall Ame mentioning wanting to live in a house among her more stable moments. She would talk about how much she wanted to live in one with you... Then you shake off those thoughts recalling how crazy she would randomly become. 'Ame-chan is not worth it', you remember. Right now it's 9:00 PM. You have your windows open while lying on the comfy new couch you bought, too. Then you get this horrible feeling like all your instincts are going off at once. They're telling you to protect yourself tonight. But who knows, maybe you're just being anxious for no reason. After all, you did just make a big investment! Perhaps now's a good time to grab some food or something to calm your nerves.

Don't check your phone! It's Ame!! She started her first text with, "I'm speechless." But what follows is an extremely long emotionally charged BPD-flavored speech (in text form) and then some. If you open up your iMessage app without giving Ame-chan a proper response, then she'll wonder why you left her on 'read' and get even angrier!