I watch a lot of crime shows on TV. Stuff on the Crime Channel and Discovery ID. A disturbing trend I've noticed is that in many, many cases they'll mention that the culprit was diagnosed with BPD, and how this makes them dangerous, volatile human beings.

Especially in shows about stalkers. Seems every single one has BPD. The reason this upsets me so much is because the vast majority of the time it's clear that the diagnosis is incorrect; that the person in fact has a narcissistic, socio/psychopathic or antisocial personality disorder. It also makes it seem like all BPDs are these scary evil monsters who murder people.

My fiance and I have a laugh every time we see this happen, as we're both fans of crime shows, but I know on some level it must make her scared, or even weary of me.

Have you come across this sort of thing on TV before? What other ways have you seen BPD stigmatised?