A typical BPD thread intended for vague personal insight: What BPD criteria do you think affects YOU the most?

The current DSM "outline" of the 9 criteria defining BPD: http://www.borderlinepersonalitytoda...main/dsmiv.htm

(DISCLAIMER: this thread recommended for those who've already been diagnosed/confirmed an affliction with BPD. Furthermore - for those who say "I don't know. I'm not a doctor." - Well, true - but you DO know yourself/your circumstances more than anyone else does, right? This is about insight! )

Now that we've got that out of the way... what is probably the most detrimental for me, out of ANY of the 9 criteria for BPD, is criterion #3 - identity disturbance. This is probably the one that has the most damaging impact on my life. I.e., one day I SWEAR I would be so sure/confident about who I really am and what my very qualities and limitations are, along with seeming to have things "figured out." It would be like that to the point of seeming like some kind of life-changing epiphany. But then, the next day - I wouldn't be so sure anymore. Then the day after that, it would be something completely different. The process repeats, over and over. Experiencing this is so bewildering and discouraging, ESPECIALLY when you're really trying to figure things out for yourself. After that criterion, it would be #6 (affective instability) and #8 (anger issues), respectively, as the most profound/impacting criteria. Everything after that seems to be considerably less impacting.

On the brighter side of things, there's a possible explanation (on Yahoo! Answers) for something like identity disturbance: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2192305AAk0jtA

"You are in the stage of finding yourself. Who you are... maybe you have something calling for your attention and absent mindedly you are searching for what that thing is and you havent found it yet. But one day you will."



Anyone else wanna share...?