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Mar 30, 2013, 02:30 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Originally Posted by C.Oliver
Is it true that most people with borderline have seriously traumatic backgrounds and that is why they have borderline? That is what I understood. I didn't think you could really be diagnosed with borderline without that extreme trauma. I am I wrong about that?
I had an extremely traumatic background and was not diagnosed with borderline because my symptoms had faded enough because I was in a safe enough place to not be 'acting out' anymore. When I was younger and not in a safe place I was for sure borderline 100%. Once I got married and was safe and started to calm down after about 10 years and was in therapy for about 5 years my symptoms calmed down. Now I do still show symptoms occasionally but not enough to be diagnosable.
I do have rapid cycling bipolar II which does in a way look like borderline to me on occasion but I can feel the difference now. The bipolar 'feels' brain based rather than emotionally based if that makes sense?
C. and Oliver (my Service Dog)
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No, no studies or diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder say that you must have a history of trauma in order to meet the criteria.
That said, many do. Though some studies indicate that there must have been something else going on developmentally (i.e. lack of attunement in childhood, etc.) for BPD to manifest itself, since -amongst other things- not all those who have a history of trauma (however severe) end up with BPD. So I think there's some correlation, but not causation --there are also a great many people with BPD without a history of trauma.
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