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If you totally wanted to stop and could effectively decide to do that and then just stop, well, then I'ld say you didn't have much of an illness in the first place. I think the very reason we are all here is because we do have serious conditions that result in "maladaptive behavior" that is hugely challenging to re-program. We didn't chose to have the condition. Our responsibility is to work at learning to "manage" the symptoms. You only recently got diagnosed with Borderline PD, a tough condition to live with. As your understanding of this disorder grows, you will develop strategies to reduce the amount of ill-time that it brings. Success leads to wanting more success. It involves an on-going process that you are just beginning to learn about. I think it's good that you got a tentative diagnosis. Now, you will look at yourself in the light of that and know that you are one of many people facing a particular challenge (different in each person, but also the same.)
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