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Originally Posted by bpdtransformation
IDoNotExist,
I suggest that the current conception of BPD as a medical diagnosis is fundamentally flawed. Borderline conditions are real, when they are considered as a cluster of complex emotional and relational problems that exist on a continuum or spectrum of severity. However, it does not make sense to create a medical "diagnosis" for borderline conditions based on 9 specific symptoms that must be assessed based on the subjective judgment of an outside observer (the psychiatrist). This is not meant to invalidate anyone - instead, it is saying that we have not developed accurate ways to measure exactly at what point someone has a strong enough version of a certain observable trait to "cross the border" and receive a BPD diagnosis, or not.
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This hits home soooo well. I really agree. As I've said before I'm trying to get an official BPD diagnosis, because I think then a lot of my issues would be better understood. But I've been told many times that I can't be BPD because I'm not manipulative or really impulsive. Trying to fit 9 (very specific criteria) is a hard way to diagnose something. So I'm only 'cluster b' lol.
A lot of my problems are internal... identity issues, feeling disconnected from others, boredom, self harm, etc. Borderline is a hard diagnosis to make, and I wish the diagnostic criteria were more on a spectrum, etc.
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