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lovelylovely · Mar 30, 2010 at 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by peaches100

My t has indicated at times that i have BPD, but she has also said i have PTSD. The thing is, I don't fit the typical BPD pattern. I don't cut, rarely get angry, don't do drugs or get drunk. i don't threaten suicide, or feel suicidal very often. But i do have problems with my sense of self, pretty bad attachment problems, anxiety, dissociation, and black and white thinking. I've had emotional abuse and some SA in childhood. Do i sound like i fit more into a PTSD classification or C-PTSD?

Hi peaches. I had a conversation with my T and she did say a personality disorder is not something that is set in stone or that you have to fit word for word in the criteria. There are varying levels of BPD, some people have some of the traits and some have them have different traits to other sufferers and some have them to varying extremes. I have a friend that has been diagnosed, she doesn't cut or make suicidal threats but she is terrified of being alone and has extreme ways of thinking. I don't fit the anger unleashment, at least not on others but I do at myself. I'm not a habitual cutter or self harmer, I just resort to it when things go very bad. You may just have some of the traits and if they are interfering with your life, it would be worth getting the right therapy to help.