i went from being a severe case (meeting most of the symptoms apparently) to not meeting criteria. dx'd at 18 and cured by 23.

one could say that i was misdiagnosed (hence making it a definitional matter that people with bpd can't recover so quickly)

or one could say that there is much more hope than the bastards would lead you to believe ;-)

life is a journey...
a process...
there isn't really an 'end point'
and i think 'cure' is a little like that too
life can be a healing journey.
the periods of intense emoitonal pain become further apart and occur less frequently and i bounce back faster
gradually... over time.
it does get better.
and the intense episodes pass (between a few hours or a few days) its just about hanging in there during those episodes and using coping strategies and not doing anything to make it worse, basically.
learning how to utilise distractions (friends and travel) and self soothing (treating yourself to nice things) and friends (to foster some enjoyable connected moments to help you through)

gradual process...

there is hope for us all :-)