I might be reading posts wrong, but I was simply posting information I was recently told. Not that I agree or disagree with any of it.

Sandy Boone, founder of BPD Global, also worked(s?) for NAMI. She's the one who informed me of 400 different ways BPD can present.

I agree that 400 ways of presenting basically labels everyone with BPD. Then again so does the DSM IV's criteria. Most people have experienced those "criteria". Professionals are trying to clarify the diagnosis of BPD, but I honestly don't believe there will ever be a solution. As an added note, in Linehan's book (her main one...for professionals, she lists the evolution of the BPD criteria...very interesting).

As for Emotional Dysregulation Disorder, yes that was a proposed alternative name. I originally learned of this quiet awhile back. The most recent time I heard it mentioned was by a psychologist at the hospital about a year ago. Again, I don't think there's any solution to an alternative name.

The problem is that if you widen the disorder it can encompass everyone. If you make the name/criteria more concise, you might discount people who are BPD.

I truly believe you should be treated based on symptoms; not diagnoses. And I also truly believe the theory that EVERYONE has mental health issues; it just the degree to which it affects your life is how/when society places a diagnosis.