Lukas Gage on Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder

Lucas Gage details how he overcame the shame surrounding his mental illness.

After The White Lotus a former student shared his diagnosis of borderline personality disorder in his upcoming memoir I wrote this to get your attentionhe explained why he wanted to make such a vulnerable confession.

“For so long I couldn’t find the words to say it, my whole adolescence thinking it was depression, anxiety, bipolar, whatever,” Lukas explained in an interview with Them published October 9. “I want there to be a conversation that isn’t stigmatized and doesn’t feel like this dirty little secret that you have to have.”

Indeed, the 30-year-old young woman, whose whirlwind marriage to a famous hairdresser Chris Appleton completed in 2024 – I felt inspired by others who had shared the same struggle, notably Trisha Paytas, Madison Beer And Julia Foxadding that it gave him a feeling of “clarity”.

Of course, the Euphoria The star also “didn’t want to live with the shame of hiding it,” although her team advised her against sharing the omission. “There are parts of my personality disorder that are a pain in the ass,” he continued, “but there are parts of it that I love that are really great, and I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with me.”