I can see how BPD can be a scary diagnosis. With something like depression or anxiety disorders there is the possibilty of recovery and a diagnosis can help people feel like the way they are feeling is not their fault.
I think it is partly just badly phrased and perhaps should be one of the diagnoses that should undergo a name change the way "manic depression" did. I don't think doctors (or at least the good ones) are trying to say you have a sh*t personality or that you can never get better or at least control your symptoms.
at the end of the day it is just a word and helps doctors put people into boxes in the same way we have put animals into species/genera etc.
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