To respond to you, bb2023, I definitely hear your rage and anger at how you have had to deal with the out of control emotions. I know and understand because I've dealt with them all my life . . . I've stuffed them down and made them disappear by force because no one wanted to hear about them. YOU ARE NOT ALONE. This is our illness. . . this was what we were taught as children. We learned that what we felt was "too much" or "too extreme". Not true. It was how were were born. We were born with brains that registered emotions on a higher level than others. It didn't make us less capable than others or MORE capable than others. . . it just made us DIFFERENT than others.

It is what our brains have subjected us to! Are we slaves to this? I don't think so. But coming out of this "gulag" of emtional turmoil isn't easy. Typical "psychotherapists" are usually not equipped to deal with BPD. They are often disturbed or nervous when taking us on as clients. They see us as "manupulative" or immature. They see psychotherapy as requiring STRICT boundaries: ie around phoning, emailing, texting, extra sessions . ... Heck, I think those are issues that most clients face, not just BPD clients! Funny, when a therapist has no idea about the BPD diagnosis of a client, they have none of these reservations. What does that say about the validity of the diagnosis? Take care!