Posted by cubic_me on April 7, 2007, at 5:05:08
In reply to are most of you BPD?, posted by gazo on April 6, 2007, at 15:47:53
I'm not BPD, although I could have been labelled with it, since I self harm (but I didn't mention that until several years after my diagnosis of dysthymia with depression, which probably helps). I don't have any of the other symptoms of BPD (infact I'm to the total opposite, also very stable in relationships, I don't get angry I'm not at all impulsive etc), but I can see how easy it is for that label to be used for anyone who self harms, since in the past that has been thought to be pathognomic of BPD.
I think that labels are helpful for the physician, in that s/he can then access the information in his/her brain to treat the condition/conditions you have but can be stigmatising and unhelpful to the patient, especially if they think of themselves as their condition (eg, £I'm a depressed person£, rather than "I'm a person who happens to have depression" etc)
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