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Jul 17, 2013, 07:19 PM
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Member Since: Mar 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 1,486
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Spockette
I'm not sure how you'd feel about Borderline Personality Disorder then...that isn't classified as a mental illness and yet it's a medical disorder which can cause a highly disturbed sense of self. People who don't have a strong sense of self aren't all 'flakes.'
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I think we've had a misunderstanding. There's nothing flaky about identity issues or ways in which people try to create identities. One of the points I was trying to make is that it makes perfect sense to identify with a mental illness (whichever of the very many that may be), whether you meet the criteria or not, if you do not have a strong sense of self. This, however, does not mean that everyone who suffers from a lack of a strong sense of self does this.
BPD is classified as a mental illness. Personality Disorders are mental illnesses.
I hope I addressed the concern.
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