Instead of telling them that you have BPD, which is not particularly well understood outside of the mental health profession (or even within it sometimes!!), could you instead explain that you have mental health difficulties and explain what the consequences of that are on your work? So, describing the symptoms of BPD that cause you problems in the work place, so that they will be able to work out what adjustments they can offer to help you overcome those problems to be able to do your job comfortably.
Hope that makes sense.
I've had excellent experiences with telling my line manager about my mental health struggles and he is really good with encouraging me to take time off when things get impossible. Partly because he's a legend and partly because it's dangerous for me to do my job when I'm unwell and because he knows that me taking one or two days off to recuperate prevents long term absences from me soldiering on then having a complete meltdown.
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