Thread: T can't save me
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Old Sep 18, 2013, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by growlycat View Post
I wouldn't feel right playing amateur therapist--I don't know you well enough. I am under the impression that self harm often goes hand in hand with bpd but that could be a false notion on my part.

BPD sounds scary but it is considered often a "young person's disease"--most people improve w/time. I was diagnosed at 16 with it but I no longer fit the criteria accord toboth my t's.
BPD sounds scary. It does go hand and hand with self harm, but self harm also goes with depression and PTSD. Not all self harm is BPD. Lots of girls my age get diagnosed with that incorrectly. I have abandonment problems too but I don't think they are as extreme as someone with BPD. I have kinda like "episodes" (hate using that word because it isn't right) where I get triggered by something and get very VERY upset. I often post on here while triggered, like I did last night. I'm not really sure you can call it a mood swing because there is a clear cause to the distress. I don't know