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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Daisy - that whole idealizing/devaluing thing with BPD has never cut ice with me. Because we all do that to some degree in our relationships. You seemed fond of RoboT in your posts on here, but not idealizing. And my sense is he hasn't been too present for you the last couple sessions, so I wouldn't call it devaluing. I would call it your valid reaction.
As for BPD in general, I don't know if you want a diagnosis of it or not - I get the sense not. But the more I read about it the more skeptical I am of it as a viable diagnosis. It is not as cut and dried as DSM makes it out to be.
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I don't particularly want any diagnosis, and I would agree with you that any of the Cluster B diagnoses aren't cut and dried. I do know that I have significant struggles with impulsivity and emotional regulation. It's the idealization/devaluing that I'm iffy on.
Regardless of what the label is (BPD, CPTSD), I feel like my prognosis is not good. I wanted T today to say that there is hope, maybe I can get better. Instead I heard that he's been frustrated with our work together and he feels like he's failing me. So perhaps I can't be helped. I know that he's not the one that can help anymore. I feel like we've spun our wheels trying to repair months of damage, and frankly, he and I would be done in 4 months whether or not things got better. I just need to move on, I guess.