Posted by Racer on January 23, 2005, at 20:49:09
In reply to for those with borderline diagnosis, posted by CareBear04 on January 19, 2005, at 17:59:06
Something I think a lot of us have thought about, and I certainly have.
Answering specific questions you asked:
nope, never been given this as a dx. A therapist did try, though, to convince me it fit. It doesn't fit me, but even I could see that, the more pressure she put on me to admit that it fit, the more I tried to MAKE her listen to me (about anything, really, not just telling her it didn't fit me), the more I LOOKED hysterical, emotionally labile, etc. As our marriage counselor has pointed out, anyone will look Borderline at some point, if that's what you're looking for. (Especially an angry woman, of course, which is where the stigma comes in.)
As for the stigma, yeah, definitely there. That damned therapist with her "Everyone has a personality, dear, so of course you're Borderline..." led to me receiving a lot of abusive behavior from others at that agency, rather than anything that could be construed as "treatment". (Long story, everyone else here has heard it, so I won't bore them again.)
Anyway, I do think there's a stigma, and I do think that the stigma comes of BPD being a "woman's" disorder. If men got it, they'd probably call it something like "Executive Disorder" and say it's adaptive unless found in middle management or below. But I'm cynical when it comes to gender issues.
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