I just found out recently that I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder along with my depression. I guess I am just really taken aback by this and also confused, I've been reading up on it trying to get my head around it but it is hard to take in, I am finding some symptoms relate to me and others don't, it that normal?
I was wondering if anyone else has this diagnosis and how they handle it?
...I just feel very alone
i recently found out i've been diagnosed with the same illness...but they put it in a different term which is emotionally instability personality disorder...
You only need a certain number of symptoms to be diagnosed, so it's not surprising that you can't relate to all of the symptoms. It'll take time to get your head around it, make sure you use all of the support that you have. We are here for you. Take care.
I put it down on paper and then the ghost does not ache so much.
Don't try to calm the storm, calm yourself, the storm will pass.
i have "Traits" of emotionally unstable personality, but not enough to diagnose me so i know what a shock it can be ... pm me anytime if u want to talk *hugs*
"just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a beautiful butterfly..."
I've only just been diagnosed too (like for a week), so I know how you are feeling. It's so weird, and considering I've been told for the last two years I "just" had rapid cycling depression it came as even more of a shock. Right now I can't really offer any advice cos I'm still in such a mood where I'm so close to just giving up on everything cos it's been such a shock, but all I can say is that I relate to how you are feeling.
I don't meet all of the 9 criteria either. I only just meet the five needed and even then only just.
"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living."
I have bpd as well, if you need to talk pm me or that, but yeh, you aint on your own
Something has changed within me, something is not the same, I'm through with playing by the rules of someone elses game. Too late for second guessing, too late to go back to sleep, its time to trust my instincts, close my eyes and leap....
Somethings I cannot change, but till I try I'll never know...
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Big hugs to all my friends on here, thanks for your constant support - love you guys
Yeah you don't have to tick all the boxes to meet the criteria. Lots of people have this diagnosis, it's really just a way to make grouping symptoms easier for the doctors.
Stop thinking about what I want, what he wants, what your parents want. What do you want?
i didnt know until i read my records a few weeks ago, so kinda in the same boat as u.struggling with how im feelling anyway so trying not to think bout the diagnosis
When i got assessed by a psych at CAMHS i was told that along with having depression I also had traits of BPD. You arent alone. Like people have said hun theres a thread on this. Hope your okay.
there are a few of us. come join the thread. *huggles*
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