They called it "borderline" because it didn't quite fit in the psychosis category, but neurotic didn't really cover it either. Yeah, BPD often seems to be all over the charts. Nobody has wanted to officially say that I have BPD, but it is the dx that makes the most sense to me for what I have, because it's the only thing that brings it all together. BPD can and often does encompass depression, anxiety, self-destructive thoughts and behaviors, dissociation, ...

Then, PTSD can include those symptoms too. I think that PTSD, BPD, and other dissociative disorders including DID are manifestations or degrees of the same thing. Most people who are traumatized later in life (after early childhood) will have PTSD rather than BPD or DID. Children can have PTSD too though. I would bet that a lot of young children with PTSD develop BPD or DID if they are not treated, or if the trauma or abuse continues. They are all reactions to one or another form of trauma. Symptoms may vary slightly, but a lot of them are pretty similar. If you want to get away from all the labels you could just say that you have been traumatized.