You know you're borderline when...

When you are planning to go out for dinner for a friends birthday, and then she texts and tells you "don't be late" and you assume it is a personal attack, so you get pissed and consider not going. Only to find out that the text was sent to everyone attending

hi
wish you best of luck

Trust me been there

Now I can't even remember what annoyed me enough to send her that email

Now she's emailed me back! Wonders will never cease. Next Jesus will be on my doorstep!

You serve Him loaves and fishes, and I'll wash His feet... I AM a manicurist, after all...

somebody tries to explain something to you so you won't get upset and you still cant' believe it, you get upset, then you start yelling at them, ranting about how people are "just so messed up" and "they lie all the time", etc.

Then, when you calm down you can't stop apologizing to them about it.

When some irritating sod tries to tell you BPD is very easily treated, much easier than bipolar, depression etc and you really want to punch them in the face and so "ooh, sorry my personality disorder is just really my personality"

Don't compare mental illness because we all have different effects.

And people who share the same disorders don't share all of the same symptoms.

Dead right squirrel.

I detest comparisons.

when you put your status of FB as "feeling lonely right now not sure why and really have no reason to be" and within mins you've got 2 "friends" saying "I know how you feel" And you want to comment back "how the HELL do you know how I feel" instead you delete the entire post/comment and stew the rest of the night about how nobody gives a s&*t about you anyways so why do you even bother posting on FB or anywhere else.

I know how you feel has been one of the biggest things that irritate me dealing with depression, and with the deaths of family members. I want to say "how can you know how I feel, you are NOT me."

This is all so funny. I'm old with BPD but only just realized that it's probably been in my CIA dossier for years. I'm learning a lot from this thread. Most of it is so funny!

But wait. What I just wrote wasn't funny. Now everyone will hate me because I broke up the thread. Then it WILL be funny because everyone will mentally assasinate me.

Oh hell. Now I really hate you guys!!!

The CIA? Hopefully because you worked for them...?

When your husband says you should have some friends and you meet a nice girl in your neighborhood that you have lots in common with but then start to think "she's really pretty, prettier than me. She had lots of hobbies, she's probably busy all the time. She has lots of friends, she probably is just being nice to me out of pity. I don't think i want to be friends with her, my husband will think she's pretty too. She probably is all stable and understanding and he will eventually cheat on me with her. And it will all be my fault because i became friends with her."
Husband asks about her.
"WHY DO YOU CARE HOW SHE IS OR IF I'VE TALKED TO HER LATELY?"
No friends again...
I should get more friends..

No Kidding this just happened:
Go to the apartment office to get money put on laundry card.
Take checkbook but forget card.
Go back and get card and head for office again.
Wait patiently for three seconds while girl is talking to someone else.
Feel good about myself for waiting patiently.
Notice the danishes laid out for the public on the counter.
Apologize to the girl for blowing up in the office yesterday about a miscommunication.
Ask if the danishes are for everyone? yes..they are
Feel like a bum for asking about them.
On the way out the door, look over the danishes...take two different kinds.
Only to notice there are four different kinds and i can't excuse taking four since there is only me and my husband.
Go home and sulk over the apple and cream cheese danishes i didn't get to take.

You think you like a person, then later, you hate them and complain to your friends about them, then do something stupid like call the person and say you never want to speak to them again. Then you want to speak to them and you beg and beg, and wonder why they don't want to speak to you! lol

You know you're borderline when you think like Groucho Marx: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member."

You know you're borderline when you KNOW a person works early in the morning an they're in a different timezone than you but you STILL get mad when they stop answering your texts because they went to bed and didn't tell you.

when you go to a support meeting (parents who've lost children) and it's your turn to tell how your month has been (where your childs memorial has been chipped and heaps of other stuff and you've only just made it to today by the skin of your teeth ) and in the middle of your story there are late arrivals who then proceed to take over the conversation and 30 minutes later you still haven't got to finish your story so you realize no ones really interested in your **** so you leave all upset..
Seriously this just happened and I am seriously upset.

Awww tish, that TERRIBLE! Hugs to you...

Tell us your story if you feel up to it. We care

I sec0nd that!

Please tell, Tish.

Yes please tell. Sorry that happened to you.