I was dx with bpd 17yrs ago when I began the mental heath 'game' . I cried and cried. Real snot too!
It all seemed so hopeless. Read up on it and yes me and everyone else in the world exhibut some bullet point dx.

When I got this T she just smiled when I told her. She doesn't do labels.

Now? They were wrong. Plus even if they weren't, there's enough of me now to care less what they think .
It's all about inner resilience. If you've got that, none of those things effect you. In fact they never could. I just didn't know that then.

Therapy gave me, me. Barely out of medical sch jumped up psychiatrists, counsellors, unskilled People that have never done their own in depth therapy arent to be taken seriously.

The mental health game is one big hamster wheel. You can step off at any point.