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Originally Posted by kaliope
often times bpd is diagnosed when it is actually ptsd. trauma in childhood is many times a precursor for developing a personality disorder later in life. i dont agree that crisis would trigger bpd, bpd would already have to be part of someones makeup and the crisis would just intensify or manifest latent traits that were not so obvious before.
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I was diagnosed with ptsd, not bpd. However the description this person gave matched the description of bpd, which is what got my attention. I think the crisis must have intensified my disorder traits. That was a decade ago, but I will never forget it.