What do you all think of the stigma associated with mental illnesses and disorders? I'm still a little suspicious of the mental health profession as a whole. My mother and grandmother both had mental health issues, and they just didn't get the quality of care I'd expect. And, I've read of the problems associated with the fact that psychology isn't a hard science... In what other science would you see something like homosexuality removed from the DSM by vote? I also read Oliver Sack's book, Hallucinations, and he details how even those in the mental health profession sometimes just don't get it.

But, I know I have some issues, and I fit the criteria for BPD. Perhaps I'll try dialectical behavioral therapy for a while. I certainly don't want to let something like BPD define me. I've got too many good things going on in my life. and perhaps there is a chance I just suffer from some PTSD related to my traumatic childhood and childhood sexual abuse.