Hello everyone, I am a member of the writing staff on an independent visual novel project. Short version: we want to artistically tell a story that accurately and tastefully handles the topic with a depth and thoroughness not often used in pop culture. The game will be a fairly simple Visual Novel, with branching narratives which focus on different characters, each of whom has a different mental illness.

One of the characters (for which I am the lead writer) has BPD. It is important to me that I represent this character as properly as possible. I have a dear friend with BPD, and it bothers me that so few people seem to have a proper understanding of it. I've been doing my research (this sub is fantastic for so many reasons, you're all wonderful), but I would like to ask a few questions directly:

What are things/themes you think are crucial to include or at least allude to? What are some pitfalls that you insist I avoid? What books/articles/websites would you recommend I look into for further research?

Thank you all for your time. You have a wonderful community here, and I thank you for helping myself and so many others come to understand a little bit better.