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There’s a good new article in the main (professional) blogs called “Borderline Personality Disorder: Disconnectedness and Emotional Chaos”. There are several “success stories” in it, along with the people’s accounts of their symptoms and difficulties before they were diagnosed and treated, and how they are different now.
This is certainly good news. BPD is a difficult and potentially life-threatening condition. It is not the only PD, however, that is difficult to live with – for ourselves and others. I wish there were more attention and research paid to the “rest” of the PD’s, too.
It’s important, too, that the success stories get into the mainstream media. It’s a real bummer to be struggling to understand myself and find help and “get better” (how does one define that?), only to have the internet blasting articles about how terrible people with PD’s are. That’s probably just a fad – 2 decades ago, when I was looking to understand why I had continuing mild to moderate depression, the insurance companies wouldn’t pay for treatment for PD’s so therapists weren’t officially diagnosing them. So, another ten years and maybe people with PD’s will routinely have a chance at improving themselves and their lives. Just for right now – it still sucks.
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