And maybe this is because I have a degree in sociology. But am I the only one that looks around, and sees the masses of mentally ill people in my country? As if...most people have a mental illness. Am I the only one asking what is WRONG with our society, that so many of us are struggling this way? Whether its BPD, depression or an anxiety disorder. Although many mental illnesses are chemical, many of them are not. Mental illness is as much a social problem as it is a physiological one. I remember reading a scholarly work by Durkheim about suicide, how its a social problem and not an individual one. Which is a very interesting take.

Maybe it really isn't just us? But everyone else too? Society?

Just some thoughts going through my head. Not specifically a BPD topic, but I don't believe BPD is caused by chemical imbalances or nature, but more by experiences with other people, parents in particular, growing up. Whereas bipolar is chemical, yet I believe people can be predisposed for it, and never develop it if there isn't a trigger. Just my thoughts from studying psychology in college and in my own spare time.