I'm sorry honey I agree the stigma seems worse with bpd, horribly unfair, the bp stigma is bad enough!!! And like Christina said, they share so many symptoms it's hard to tell. And for me personally - never know when pdoc is going to change the dx....

We do have a lot of parallels lady! I'm on the edge of a shitstorm too with risk of losing job, house, MY PETS!! I can't tell which end is up and the uncertainty is such hell. Seriously can't tell if this storm is a comin or a goin.

BPD is confusing for me - but makes sense how it matches a lot of my symptoms... it's something I'm only dancing around and peeking at because I'm afraid of it. So basically trying to learn more about it, and gently as possible face my fear. I didn't exactly have a traumatic childhood, but I was a weird kid (lots of living in a fantasy world - but that part was cool - I don't want to call that "illness"!!) ... I've noticed a lot of people in the bpd forum say they did not have the traumatic childhood hallmark either, and pdocs seem to believe it absolutely can be hereditary. So I'm still trying to wrap my head around it - what the heck is it? And still haven't figured out what the heck is bp??

Try to tell yourself nice things, like you would tell me or I would tell you. What I do see as obvious is that bp with bpd people are Highly Sensitive - to physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual realms. My current theory is this leads to the overwhelm... and then if we're misunderstood, not treated with care, stigmatized, shunned... the overwhelm is even more overloaded. So self soothing, finding people who are gentle and kind to you (like animals are the best at that!), get disability if you can and then figure out if you can work, or maybe something calm part-time work. Caring for your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies are your job right now. Even if you're used to working, let it go... for now... you can find a job later if you feel "well". Just want to see you take care of you.

PM me anytime too, I like them actually.