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Originally Posted by allme
Ok so we have a hallmark for this and a hallmark for the other which are also in BPD and other disorders. But then BPD is BPD because of these hallmarks and other symptoms all bunched together to create BPD. Which is why I think it's important all of the symptoms fit. If there are other symptoms not covered then the possibility of something else may be in play. The problem with traits and symptoms over lapping is a possible incorrect dx which I have already gone through.
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You would think except the counter argument for that is simply we already had those criteria in place for a milder version of bipolar. See they inject 2 new traits which pretty much everyone or a lot of people already had, abandonment and self harm and created BPD in the personality division ignoring the fact that many bipolars have that too. This could very well have been called Borderline Mood Disorder or Bipolar 3 if they wanted a distinction that made sense and cause less confusion.
Remember: no one is denying the symptoms or traits! Just the classification of it.