I'd never heard of BPD until my diagnosis. Up until the point where I had to face court for suicide attempt when I was 16 I'd always just assumed it was depression. That's what I'd been told.

Even then no one actually told me. It was in some paperwork I'm pretty certain I wasn't supposed to see.

Come to think of it no one has ever actually said anything out loud. It's always in the paperwork.

There was a brief period where I was medicated for schizophrenia but that was by a GP I saw in the emergency room who really had no idea.