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Originally Posted by BeteNoire
So BPD and C-PTSD are the same. They have the same symptoms only one is considered organic the other traumatic?
In which case how can anyone with a traumatic childhood be diagnosed with BPD without a brain scan to back it up?
It seems to me that the purpose of C-PTSD is to validate those with trauma histories. I'm inclined to think of C-PTSD as more of a combination diagnosis? Attachment disorder (BPD) + PTSD.
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No, borderline personality disorder is not necessarily what is meant by complex PTSD though. Complex PTSD was used in preference to other terms such a "rolling PTSD" and "cumulative stress.
Here is a link that explains "complex PTSD" and that it is not the same as a personality disorder.
Complex post traumatic stress disorder (complex ptsd, pdsd, shell shock, nervous shock, combat fatigue), symptoms and the difference between mental illness and psychiatric injury explained