For me personally, its more my BPD reactions, that affect me daily, it can be a facial expression, what I perceive to be a condescending tone, and yes, even the "wrong" words do it to me as well.

I've gotten better at catching myself now though, so sometimes if I'm "lucky" all that happens is I shed a few silent tears while I try to reign in my thoughts and feelings and find perspective.


Yes I have huge BP overreactions, but the nature of BP is cyclical so I don't have any symptoms outside of a cycle...


How do I know the difference?

Well for one, like I said, the BP ones are episodic, and I personally refuse to attribute anything to BP that's not an actual symptom.


2. The beliefs behind my thoughts that evoke specific emotions and trigger these (daily) over reactions are classic BPD distortions.


But that's just me.