appreciate everyone's 10 cents lol.

Certainly as I pointed in the beginning there are two other sticking points related to this issue. One the stigma that is associated with it as u pointed out, and more importantly imho is the insurance issue regarding this. But those are not the main reasons for this debate at all. I added them in because I do feel it is worth mentioning.

You are aware that before BPD came to be, they were simply a form of bipolar. Also in the present, about half of bipolars are said to be misdiagnosed as bpd, and about half of bpd are said to be misdiagnosed as bipolar. If PROFESSIONALS can not sort that out so easily, certainly it demonstrates how similar bpd is to a mood disorder. They are not confusing it with another personality disorder, but with a mood disorder