[ariatboot]

Has anyone else on here had their T jumped to the conclusion that they have borderline personality disorder because they SI? I told my T about my cutting and next thing you know he is telling me I am BPD. He never asked about why I cut or what Im feeling when I cut or even tried to understand it. It was totally frustrating.

AND I have no other symptoms of BPD besides SI and repeated suicide scares (for lack of a better word, they were never attempt but were serious enough to land me in the hospital)

[nicoleb2]

I didn't really agree with the Bordeline label when they first gave it to me, because I didn't feel like it fit me at all, but now I look at the list and recognize a lot of symptoms in myself.

I've been labeled bpd since i first saw my pdoc though

[SupernaturalLover]

I've had people assume that I am simply because of my SI and it gets really frustrating. I think it can be an easy out for Ts. That way they don't have to work so hard figurung out what is really wrong.

[CantExplain]

Labels aren't really that helpful for therapy. Even "SI" is a symptom, not a specific disorder.

My T have never given me any kind of label, and is suspicious of labels I give myself. She accepted I was depressed, but once again, that's a symptom and tells us nothing of the causes.

I couldn't accept when I was first diagnosed with BPD, You have to have 5 or more of the symptoms for it, The more I read about it the more I knew I had it but to me I just look at it as a label now.

I SI, and as far as I'm aware I haven't been given any label or diagnoses beyond 'depression' and 'anxiety' - by anyone, doctor/T/or psychiatrist. I have suspected that I may be Borderline, or 'Quiet Borderline' - I definitely identify with numerous 'traits' - but my T told me she doesn't think I have a personality disorder (unless she's changed her mind about that since then, that was a while ago...)

I wouldn't worry too much about a label though, unless you think it's affecting the course of your therapy or treatment - which I would hope is tailored to you as an individual anyway, and not just a 'one size fits all' approach for your particular diagnosis? If the 'label' is the only thing you disagree with your T on, maybe let it go, but on the other hand if you feel he really just doesn't 'get' or understand you, maybe try a different T if you can?

[AniManiac]

I got that from my last pdoc. She did a very poor job of checking BPD symptoms before laying that on me and cutting is really the only thing she was going on. Of course, the other 4 professionals I've seen all agree that I'm bipolar.

There can be a difference in overall treatment approaches (not just therapy) for bipolar versus BPD, so if those are the labels being debated, it may well be worth getting to the bottom of that mystery.

[Flooded]

I had the opposite. I had - at the time - all the BPD symptoms except SI.

My tdoc at the time demanded to know how I hid my scars and where they were. I hadn't even considered using SI as a form of relief at that stage...

[ariatboot]

I guess I dont like having my SI just being pushed off onto "well she is just doing it because she is borderline" which is not true. I want help for it but it seems like he just attributes it to something I dont have and wont revisit the subject again. Im kind of stuck on what I should do.

How do I bring it back up to him without it looking like I want attention or having him just saying Im doing it becuase Im borderline?

[SupernaturalLover]

Tell him that you are concerned about it and want ways to get help