I agree that different disorders definitely come with different problems. It just seems to me that difficulties in interpersonal communication-and thus difficulties with intimate relationships-would be one of those issues that would accompany almost all psych disorders. People with personality disorders already face so much prejudice, tragically even among mental health professionals, partly because they are wrongly perceived to be more "difficult" than other patients. Having a forum to support their partners, but not the partners of people with axis I problems, really does seem to perpetuate that awful, life-destroying myth. I know of some borderline individuals who have been denied treatment while in a true crisis because "they're borderline". Prejudice against people with pd's is real, and it has real consequences. We should be doing everything possible to fight it and minimize it. No one, regardless of their diagnosis, deserves to be treated like the scourge of the earth. Our disorders, regardless of what they may be, already make us feel like that.

Also, since all mental health issues do cause interpersonal distress, the partner of a depressive, or an alcoholic, or someone with an anxiety disorder also has questions and needs support. I've seen several posts in the bipolar forum from spouses of bipolar individuals, and we are usually able to help them. However, they have nowhere to go if they want to talk to other well partners of a bipolar individual. They can only ask their questions in a forum composed almost entirely of people who have the illness.

Keep in mind that I do not have a personality disorder; I have only been diagnosed with bipolar II*. I also am not in a relationship. Yet the idea of a forum for the partners of people with personality disorders seems really discriminatory to even me, who has no personal interest in it.

Thanks to everyone who has replied to this thread. I'm sorry to be so very stubborn, but standing up for what I believe in is very important to me.

*I do sometimes wonder if I may have borderline "traits", or if I may be more of a "quiet" borderline than a person with bipolar. However, I've only been diagnosed with bipolar, and every mental health professional that I've asked says that there is no way that I'm borderline.