Regardless of your point of view, BPD is a legitimate diagnosis and because of this diagnosis I have been able to find the help I really needed for years. When my diagnosis was simply "anxiety" or "PTSD" or "major depressive" I was neither on the right medications nor in the right therapy. Years ago there was the same amount of stigma for illnesses such as bipolar and schizophrenia. BPD is a newer diagnosis, and like most new things, a large number of people are going to hate it and/or reject it because they simply will not take the time to understand it. It's like the new kid in school that everyone picks on.