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Originally Posted by crosstobear
It's even a big tendency among clinicians and clinical staff, unfortunately. Nurses especially tend to throw around personality disorder and other damning labels like candy. And even among clinicians in a team setting, there's so much boxing people into categories and dismissing them. Actually, a coworker who is also a clinician (who I had a crush on) rudely stared at the vertical scar I have on my wrist from when I was younger and now always brings up borderline personality disorder in convos with me, with a wink and a nudge. Shameful. Some will look at a Dx and treat a client accordingly, from a distance. Often the ones that work one-to-one with the client get to see the person for what he or she really is, but decisions are made in teams and everyone is consulted, and that's where you get a majority of the ******** from.
If anything, some narcissism is absolutely necessary.
Love your third signature quote.
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I've got scars literally all over my body, yeah people stare when they are exposed(which is all the time I have scarring on my face) but eh ****s not given and if someone is going to make a judgment call based on what's only skin deep then I won't be bothered giving whoever it is the time of day.
It has always seemed ridiculous and downright stupid to me that people who have struggled with self harm for various reasons get slapped with the BPD label regardless of their actual symptoms underneath the self harm.
Most of my scars aren't self-inflicted. The ones that are, they're the result of severe psychotic episodes. Though that hasn't stopped the label of BPD being thrown at me despite me meeting zero of the criteria, self harm as a result of severe psychotic states doesn't count.
