For too many years BPD was a diagnosis that carried a stigma in and out of the psych
profession------------hopefully with the work of people like Marsha Linehan and a better understanding of the behaviors exhibited this is changing.
Also, remember, just like ANY diagnosis. You are not the diagnosis anymore than anyone with any medical diagnosis is their diagnosis. It is a part of what you are dealing with and now there are good tools out there to work with. I suspect one reason it got such a bad rap is that it was mostly dx in women...and dismissed with stupid phrases like "she just wants attention" etal.... and sufferers were not believed or taken seriously/acknowledged to be in actual pain which pushes people to extreme expression of unmanageable, intolerable emotions....