Name of Participant: Kieran James Fairchild
Age of Participant: 23
Gender of Participant: Male
Field of Study: Borderline Personality Disorder/Heroin Addiction
Participants Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Personality:
It depends on the day.
For the most part, Kieran puts up a front. He's guarded and speaks very little to others he doesn't know. People have often described him as cold and unfeeling. When does start to get to know a person, he'll do one of to things: idealize or devalue - a common characteristic of his disorder. Either this person is wonderful and can do no wrong, or there is absolutely no good in them. He has a hard time holding on to real friends because his ideas of them change so often. One moment they're the best person in the world, the next he absolutely despises them because they said something that he perceived as rude or belittling. Then there are times when he'll disassociate himself with anyone for weeks at a time.
On the flip side, he often idealize and devalues his own SELF leading him to be depressed more often that not and has lead to several suicide attempts. His view of himself is completely unstable. He's either okay with who he is or loathes everything about himself, it confuses him to the point where he self harms JUST to feel something other than his own confusion.
He is also impulsive, which is one of the contributing factors to his heroin addiction.
Brief History:
Kieran never grew up in a particularly stable setting. His parents moved around a lot before they finally divorced when he was thirteen - his father abandoning them in the process. It was around this time that he began to experiment with drugs and sleeping around. By the time he was sixteen years old he was addicted to cocaine and had impregnated a girl the same age as him. Her name was Eve. He was in love with her and promised to give her and the baby the world. Little did he know that two weeks later she would get an abortion, telling him over a text before moving and never seeing him again. He was devastated and this was when he first attempted suicide. With the drugs, the depression, and very long string of girls his mother had no idea what to do with him and kicked him out at the age of 18. He's been on his own ever since.
He has always been quite the artist and had gotten his first tattoo at 15, and began doing them himself a year later. That is how he currently makes his living.
Other:
He has numerous tattoos, his favorite of which being the piece that covers his entire back.
I hereby give my consent to be included in Mr. Jones psychological experiment. I understand that the procedures will leave me cut off from everything I know and insert me into a new environment. I understand the risks and benefits of the experiment as well as the time required. I understand that other participants will be involved with close quarters, that there is very little privacy, and every action is used in the research. I understand that the results are confidential until published, but that names and ages may be changed upon request.
I understand that once I give my consent to be featured, I may not withdraw.