Reply to "I have made a decision to just STOP: may be TRIGGERING"

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"I am trying to get my head around why having BPD is such a bad thing and why you hate the diagnosis but are quite happy to have PTSD ELizaJ?"

I agree with this, Draggers. Complex PTSD is not a recognized disorder in the DSM; Borderline Personality Disorder is.

I was diagnosed with Complex PTSD, but I know it was a kind way of saying I have BPD.

If there are so few differences between the diagnoses in terms of behaviours, why would one reject the diagnosis of BPD but accept one of Complex PTSD? It's especially hurtful to those who have been given the diagnosis of BPD by perpetuating the stigma.

I dream of a day when we can accept the label of BPD, as we do Bipolar Disorder or Complex PTSD. If the stigma is going change, it's going to have to start here.

8/1/148:38 AM

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