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Originally Posted by Soliaree
Deli -
I also find CPTSD very interesting. I first read that it is similar to Borderline Personality Disorder but that BPD includes more of a diffuse sense of self and other. Then I read that it may also include a diffuse sense of self and other when they are considering it for the new DSM.
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I wrote the above paragraph before I read what you wrote here:
I don't know about you, but I find BPD to be an abomination of a label. It is actually traumatizing to feel like I fit in this diagnosis because of how these patients are regarded. I also have a diagnosis of BPD/PTSD (I'm not sure if my T indicated CPTSD or not, but it fits). Now that there is more information about BPD I would love to see this label gone.
Take care!
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oh gosh. i'm glad someone else feels this way
. when i did finally bring up possible BPD with my pdoc (in the most roundabout way possible), i was absolutely petrified that he would confirm it. at that time, he just reassured me that it didn't fit - he didn't know about my trauma history then, so c-ptsd didn't come up.
i spoke with him about it again last week, and he says that c-ptsd fits for me and bpd doesn't. he actually does believe that some people have bpd, and he has diagnosed and treated patients for it, so apparently it's not just a reluctance to use the label for him.
i'll try to dig up some info on the differences if i can, later tonight. personally, i don't think i know enough about BPD to have an opinion on whether it should stay or go or not. i have certainly spoken to many people in 'real life' who have been given the bpd diagnosis, and found it really helped them make sense of their experiences, and helped focus their treatment. i was able to speak to 3 of them about it in more depth (we are friends, so it was ok to sort of go there) but all of them deny having a trauma history. they did identify early problems with attachment though.
i found that interesting, because i thought that most ppl diagnosed with BPD had a trauma history of some sort. but that could possibly also be because c-ptsd is not in the current DSM, and bpd might be its closest cousin in capturing some of those symptoms.
did read a journal article a few weeks ago where the author suggested classifying CPTSD as a personality, not anxiety, disorder - so complex post-traumatic personality disorder. i thought that was an interesting suggestion also, but i don't know enough about how personality disorders are categorised to have an opinion on that suggestion. i couldnt find any sort of follow up comments on that article, so couldn't figure out what other professionals thought about it.
did find an awesome review article by a recognised leader in the field of trauma which traces the history of PTSD, and the differences between it and C-PTSD. it also goes into diagnosis and treatment issues. it's too large to attach here as a pdf, but i'll see if i can upload it elsewhere and maybe put a link in, if anyone is interested.
sorry, long post! i've been reading up on this heaps lately as i just recently got triggered in a major way again and am desperate for some amount of control over what is happening, and how to deal with it
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