BPD

I have traits of BPD and am unsure as to whether I have BPD or if it's part of c-PTSD as there's so much overlap. My T says we are all somewhere on a spectrum and it's not necessarily so black and white.

My T is completely accepting and non-judgmental of my borderline traits. They have eased considerably. I do not think these two things are unconnected.

Classic bpd thinking and you still sound and write like a lovely person!!!!

What's really crazy is that I can have 1,000 positive encounters with someone and one that I perceive as being possibly negative, and every single positive is outweighed by the negative. It's almost like I get into these mental "ruts" and only realize it once I'm out of them.

Omg I just had that happen the 4th when we were shooting off fireworks. To weird. I bought a small grill for a friend and her new roommate as a house warming gift and fireworks for us all to shoot off (It's my fav holiday) and I got a letter given to me saying I was buying all their time. My friends roommate had family in and they my friend was already upset from a grade 3 concussion and all the stress. I was accused of saying that alcohol made a functional family happy. sorry I'm rambling.

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Same here with both current T and former T. I've never felt either of them had judgmental views about my BPD traits; only acceptance.

No one asks for BPD, and my guess is that it goes along with trauma or neglect 100% of the time rather than 80-90% of the time, and it is the same as CPTSD.

It doesn't bother me, and it doesn't seem any different to me these days than talking about anxiety or depression. I feel bad for those who feel judged or shamed about this. Besides, people with strong borderline traits can often have vibrant, creative personalities, and there are other good qualities that go along with that temperament. The world would be boring with BPD.

Get a DSM out and see if you fit the criteria for BPD. You must have at least 5 of the 9 traits I think.

I have suffered from this disorder since I was diagnosed in 1969 at age 17 (I am now 62, female). I have just very recently decided I need help and knowledge about this disorder and all the advice I have found suggests that in order to begin the slow uphill processes of remission one must find a Therapist in which trust can be established on a deep basis, because the sufferer must be able to feel they can trust and be open with the Therapist about all of their negative behaviors and hold nothing back. This is vital and very necessary in order to gain a period or remission. Do not worry about what your therapist will think of you. Look, this is an illness of "dirty little secrets we hold in about ourselves that only make us sicker. We do it because we know we have to hide just how bad we can get in our distortion of reality, yet, this only makes us worse and heightens our symptoms. You pay your Therapist to help you, but to be fair to her, she can only do so much for you if you are not "coming clean" about just how miserable you feel and how off the wall you get with self loathing thoughts, anger and perhaps even self-abuse. You are not in her office trying to win a "popularity contest." This is serious ****, and you have to want with all your being to get better and put the effort in and that will mean having the courage to tell it all, even if doing so is going to rock you to your foundations and walls you have built come crashing down. It will not be an easy journey, but when once becomes "sick and tired" of feeling "sick and tired," it is time to begin the journey. All the best to you, and be brave. It will reap rich rewards with time and effort.