She wanted to be someone completely different, the old saying "out with the old and in with the new" was her gospel (Cinnamon 2015). She gave up her old identity perhaps because of how damaged, unloved, and insecure she was for a new beginning that she now had control over. Diagnosis Marilyn Monroe had borderline personality disorder but during her time she was diagnosed with borderline paranoid schizophrenia which is a term that is no longer used. Borderline personality disorder is shaped by harmful childhood experiences or brain dysfunction. People with this disorder have difficulty balancing emotions and experience internal and external conflicts. They often desire loving environments or relationships and are afraid of being alone, but due to their frequent and irrational mood swings they push people away (Flavin, 2014). People with bipolar disorder often have rapid changes in themselves because they have an unstable sense of life. who I am. They see themselves in a negative view of being bad or not feeling like they exist. An unstable self-image can lead to recurring changes in friendships, values, goals, and gender identity (Flavin,