You are right and we've actually discussed this before. BPD is not all bad though we do have a tendency of focusing on the bad. Many of us are very artistic and have creative minds. We would definitely not be the same people without it. I just think that many of us are very lucky that we know what we have and what's going on and that we have found a place we can share and receive some encouragement in PC. It's not what some of us would prefer, but it is so much better than being in the dark about it or fooling ourselves and believing all is well when that simply is not the case. Knowing empowers us to some degree and sharing at PC lets us know that's we're not alone and that others "get it" as well as gives us a sounding board, an outlet that we don't have in real life. We know we have BPD, we can work on it, we know what causes it, and we can learn to positively cope with it. That is much better than many of the alternatives.