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Originally Posted by Aanga
I often get confused as I understand that the two disorders can overlap a lot. I was diagnosed BPD a few years ago, yet recently once again I was diagnosed ASPD because I show a lot of the signs of it. Mostly because I have a distinct inability to empathize with my actions and have no desire to make new friendships with people. I'll talk to a brick wall because it passes the time, but becoming close to people my therapist says I generally show little interest because I drop people from my life on a regular basis. So I often get confused on where my BPD ends and my ASPD begins.
And by the same token. I have half the people I know completely agree with my ASPD dx and half the people I know not agree with the dx at all. This includes treatment people at my treatment place. It's just become rather confusing. I don't see the benefit of empathy nor making new friendships. I have few friends and that's fine by me. If they wrong me, I get rid of them.
My treatment facility won't treat my ASPD because apparently it's untreatable.
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Michael, our resident Psychopath (and might I add a very good writer) would know more about this issue.I thought I had ASPD because there are some people in my life I really do wish would die. If they were dead, it would make me feel better. Relieved. However, I do care about the feelings of the people. I enjoy making others feel better. I don't have any interest in lying or manipulating people for fun. I can be manipulative but that's only because I feel great pain and I need to do what I can to help get through the pain.
Read both the disorders of BPD and ASPD and see which category you feel is your primary diagnosis. The thing with personality disorders is that most people have a primary one and traits from all the others.
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