I get the stigma surrounding BPD...there is a lot of growth within the field that is definitely needed. However, for me, I think the most important part about treating someone is addressing the core issues, wounds, attachment injuries, traumas. The label is of limited importance to me, as a clinician. (I know as a client, labels can be validating and very important - certainly I've been comforted by some labels in the past too). As a clinician, I try to look at each individual individually...with idiosyncratic issues and disturbances. The DSM labels only go so far. I think the common thread with BPD and PTSD is underlying trauma and the resulting implication of that. It's actually sometimes difficult to untangle these diagnoses because there is so much overlap. I hope someday we, as a society, can get to a place where there is much less stigma overall and especially with those labeled with BPD or BPD traits along the continuum. Sorry, total hijack.