
Help me save my wife's life
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Hi my name is Michael, I am starting this gofund.me to raise awareness and funds to get my wife Sheila the inpatient care she needs to treat her BPD, (borderline personality disorder) PTSD and suicidality. Over the course of her life she has had over a dozen suicide attempts, almost all have resulted in ICU stays. In 2019 she was the victim of a home invasion and sexually assaulted by 3 assailants whose DNA was obtained by police, however the perpetrators where not on file and never caught. Also in 2019, a few months later, she drove herself out into the remote woods of Tolland Massachusetts and took an intentional overdose, this resulted in a 14 hour manhunt by authorities and family members. The hospital categorized this as a completed suicide. She has continued to struggle and have attempts on her own life since then. Her condition worsened when she was laid off in June and since been unable to gain employment elsewhere. We have found a treatment center that focuses solely on trauma care and Borderline Personality Disorders, however it is expensive and we are unable to afford the care on our own.
Now let me tell you a bit about BPD. People with this condition feel emotions 100 times more intensely than people without. They are also at a higher risk of completing suicide. One in ten sufferers of BPD dies by suicide. You can learn more about it here, https://www.borderlinepersonalitydisorder.org/what-is-bpd/bpd-fact-sheet/
My wife Sheila is one of the most loving, compassionate and charismatic people I have ever met. Imagine having any of your emotions and multiply it by 100. She loves deeper than anyone I have ever met, she has given strangers and homeless people money, sometimes the last of her money because she cares and has so much love for others. She is a mother of 2 and has 1 granddaughter. Her family lives in constant fear that at any moment they will get a call that she has died by her own hand. She has the most brilliant mind, but it never stops going, whether in the right or wrong direction. She encourages everyone to grow to be a better person than they were the day before. She see's potential in everyone and tries to lift them up. When she is well everyone wants to be around her, but when she is in a psychotic episode she becomes paranoid, delusional and isolates. She is medication resistant and has tried Ketamine infusions and Electroconvulsive therapy aka electroshock therapy. She is fighting to want to stay alive and do whatever it takes to heal. Without this treatment we are at the end of our options for her to get better and stay alive.
I am pleading for any help and assistance anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Co-organizers (2)
Michael Woodworth
Organizer
Fayetteville, AR
Sheila Woodworth
Co-organizer