1. My neighbor had all those BPD symptoms simply by being an alcoholic, and the behavior stopped when he stopped drinking. (He now smokes pot). So, I'm thinking that symptom descrip. washes a lot of folks in the BPD pile that don't belong.

2. I've had emotional trouble since a young child; they called it attention deficit, then bipolar, now age 60, they're calling it BPD. I NEVER drank/smoked/drugged. Stopping sugar helped a lot. Best 'fix' for me has been continuous exercise, heavy mental stimulation, and 95-99% solitude. So fewer outside sources to cause me grief, and I just imagine romance versus the trauma yank of that.

So I figure mine is a brain issue combined with lack of nurturing & being 1st born.
My 1st 'therapy' in 30 years is in 2 weeks.
I just don't see how therapy, or any 'prescription', can help a brain disorder. And all 'talking about it' does is rile up the emotional pain of the past.

3. QUESTION: What is the most effective way to tamp down the extreme emotion from new trigger events?