[quote=PAYNE1;2063882
BTW, as I've mentioned here before, after years of therapy and
two rounds of dialectical behavior therapy, I no longer am classified as having BPD! There is hope!!!

My T doesn't want me on this thread, so--bye and good luck! It CAN be dealt with![/quote]

I think it's fabulous that you can no longer be classified/diagnosed as BPD. My therapist and pdoc say the same for me. Congrats on all the hard work you've obviously done to reach this point. I know that I worked very hard to reach this point ; it was wonderful to realize that I wasn't going to be recognized as BPD forever. What a gift! . . .. just like someone who is told that she is an addict forever and then learns that something else is possible. It doesn't meant that I have to react or act like someone with BPD forever, but I need to remember where I come from . . . I need to be aware that my amygdela is SCREWED up and I can get emotionally overwhelmed pretty easily. Once BPD, a bit of BPD forever . . . at least someone who needs to consider what she's thinking or doing in stressful situations. That doesn't make me a bad person, it just makes me a person who always needs to be awake, aware and in touch with how I'm feeling.

What makes me sad is that someone who understands BPD. . . someone who treats people who have BPD actually SEES someone with BPD or who was treated with BPD as putting herself in a bad place by being "on this thread"; as if being on this thread is a threat to your treatment/recovery. Unfortunately, I see this belief/clinical approach often in mental health: for example, if you no longer "FIT" the criteria of the disorder, then you need to find new friends/people to hang out with! Whatever happened to paying it forward?
Jay
PS, I'm not saying this is your fault, Payne. I truly commend you for your recovery and the hard work that comes with it! But I believe with all my heart that those of us who have walked the walk need to return and walk along side our sisters and brothers who struggle with this horrible disorder. . . a disorder that is dismissed and rejected by many mental health workers. . .. we don't have to do this if we aren't strong enough to do so, but when we reach a point of being more healed than broken, we owe it to others to return and help. Just my take on things.