Hi TVU, welcome to the forum. I'm pretty new here myself.

As my last therapist was a real asshat, I'm not sure she officially Dx me with BPD, but of all the things I've read it definitely fits me better than the original Dx of Bp2 from an MD.

I think once I lit on "Aha... that's it." It did help somewhat to realize there was an actual condition and that even though I didn't have disorder a,b,c or d, there -was- a legitimate reason for the vacillating emotions I had and the tendency toward feelings of abandonment, clinging and alternately toward F-you, I hate you leave me alone. You know reading about it was like the little lightbulb coming on over my head.

Over the years, just because I'm getting older I think I'm learning to cope better so far as BPD symptoms, or maybe it is just a sort of acceptance around certain circumstances in my life that seem inevitable. I've also become more spiritual along the lines of Buddhist thought and practice, and that helps at times.

Good luck with your Dx, treatment and finding help here at PC. It seems like a really great forum.