Well I knew something was wrong from 13, it really collapsed at 17 and from 17 to about 28 I spent the time constantly telling professionals that the depression/bipolar diagnosis wasn't right and didn't sit right with me. It was only when a psych told me I had BPD and to read up on it as knowledge was the best therapy for it when I was 28 that it finally clicked.

I'd never heard of BPD before and when I googled it I cried because it made so much sense and I didn't feel like a freak anymore. Other people had the same thing.

But then the way the NHS is I've had loads of different psychs since then & have to go through the whole 'diagnosis' thing again every time. Always end up with dx of BPD, OCD anxiety and depression, but also have random ones thrown at me from time to time like EED, HSP, GAD, separation anxiety, health anxiety, stress ……