[BlueIris777]

I thought I’d join this forum to ask this because you all are talking about mental health issues. Thanks in advance for reading this.

There’s a guy on our chat board who keeps suggesting that people’s partners have Borderline Personality Disorder. He says he’s not diagnosing but giving red flags that he uses to show that the partner has BPD.

He’s done it dozens of times and what bothers me is that almost all of the people that he’s suggested BPD to have decided that their girlfriends have BPD.

What do you think about this?

Does the psych community support this or discourage this?

Thanks for your input.

[possum220]

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[pegasus]

Hello BlueIris777, welcome to Psych Central.

I presume this is happening at a different chat board to ours here. On the mental health website here we can't diagnose, that's up to a professional that knows the person in real life. So, you have an armchair therapist making random diagnosis' of people that he doesn't know. Hopefully others can see through that.

[BlueIris777]

Originally Posted by possum220

Hello BlueIris,

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Thank you for the welcome!
Oh no, not here.

Originally Posted by pegasus

Hello BlueIris777, welcome to Psych Central.

I presume this is happening at a different chat board to ours here. On the mental health website here we can't diagnose, that's up to a professional that knows the person in real life. So, you have an armchair therapist making random diagnosis' of people that he doesn't know. Hopefully others can see through that.

Hi, Pegasus,
Yes, on another board that isn't about psychology.
Ok, that's what I thought. He's said that what he is doing is normal on a psychology-related board he's active on, but it didn't make sense to me so I thought I'd just ask. No, some people don't see through it, but I guess there is nothing I can do about that except to keep saying it's not wise or valid analysis and leave it to them.
Thanks Pegasus.