Introduction In the film Falling Down, the main character D-FENS, played by Michael Douglas, deals with many ongoing social pressures that ultimately lead to his demise. At the start of his day, D-FENS' long-accumulated personal problems hit a boiling point and carry the man to a severe mental breakdown. He abandons his grid locked car during a traffic jam and decides to walk to the place he calls "home." Viewers are later opened to the …showed first 75 words of 1487 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1487 total…owner, Mr. Lee, charges .85¢ for a Coca-Cola. D-FENS then demands that prices "roll back to 1960" (Schumacher, Falling Down). People with Borderline Personality Disorders are "among the most difficult to treat with psycho-therapy because their relationships with their therapist may become as intense and unstable as their other personal relationships" (Microsoft Encarta 2000). Like, D-FENS who considers suicide at the end of the film, "10% of people with this disorder commit suicide by the age of 30" (Microsoft Encarta 2000).