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Originally Posted by JustShakey
Maybe I should rephrase what I said - everyone exhibits borderline-like traits at times. Though I wouldn't call it that in real life. I'd say they were under stress or having a bad day. I think it's pretty normal to regress a bit under pressure. Though I see why calling that borderline-like is offensive. (Sorry Scarlet) All the more reason why Ts and mental health professionals should be uber-careful when they throw around phrases like that.
Btw, I really admire you for your acceptance of your diagnosis and how hard you work. I can relate to Iheartjacques when she says she wants to jump out of a window - just runaway get-it-out-get-it-out kind of feeling. I don't think I would handle being told something like that well...
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Maybe because I don't have one symptom: unstable self-image. I'm weird. I don't like diagnosis as a label. But I also have to accept that as humans we try to organize and structure everything. I may have BPD, but I'm not BPD. I am me. There's no one else out there who is me. So BPD is on a small part of me. And I have met many other people woth borderline in my life: around 7? I'm not them and our symptoms differ from mine.
But BPD diagnosis fits me. I do suffer from depression and anxiety. But I have more symptoms than those diagnises cover. And none of the other diagnoses fit me as well as BPD does.
I think part of the stigma with BPD is because many hogh functioning individuals have it, but they are seeking treatment because they have found ways to cope on their own. Or they don't think anything is wrong. So professionals tend to see the worst cases.
Me, I'm different because of my life experiences. I experienced mass amounts of trauma, but I had mother-figures through my childhood who helped compensate for the trauma. Our experiences make all of us different.
I guess a point I want to make is having the flu, depression, cancer, autism, etc. isn't who you are. You are still you even if you have BPD. Treatment is only there to allow you to cope with the symptoms to better your life. We all want to better ourselves and improve our lives, right? Same with BPD. It's not a death-sentence, it's not a curse. It's not fun or easy.
Idk. Does that make sense? It's such a difficult and sensitive topic. It shouldn't have to be. I am a good person, I just happen to have BPD.