Posted by Dinah on March 23, 2005, at 5:03:37
In reply to Not that there is anything wrong with being BPD, posted by alexandra_k on March 22, 2005, at 22:31:54
Of course there isn't. I even think it's helpful for people to be able to organize their experiences with the diagnosis, if clinicians are up to date on the latest theories and treatments and don't judge them negatively.
I think it's a valid clinical diagnosis, though I've always thought it should be moved to an Axis I mood disorder. But that's just me.
However, it is incredibly overdiagnosed by ignorant clinicians who tend to slap it on lots of unhappy female patients, especially if they SI or attempt suicide. I don't think overdiagnosis helps anyone, including those with BPD.
P.S. My therapist thinks, correctly I think, that there is a part of me that has significant borderline traits, and I'd agree. But I've never been diagnosed, because that part is well hidden. I'm not sure that's the best thing for me, either. So I suppose it's silly for me to say you've never appeared borderline to me, since I'm well aware that, in me at least, it can be well covered.
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