Borderline personality disorder affects about 1.6 percent of adults in the U.S.; brain imaging studies show structural abnormalities impacting the limbic system.
Excellent article by Debbie Corso of HealingFromBPD.org to help you decide whether or not to disclose your BPD diagnosis:
I’ve seen a lot of people asking on Facebook what the differences are between Borderline Personality Disorder and Bipolar Disorder. Although they seem very similar, they are totally different disorders. It is possible to have both disorders, making a correct diagnosis even more difficult. Here are some helpful links:
http://www.differencebetween.info/difference-between-borderline-and-bipolar
Great brief description of the differences between ADHD, BP and BPD
I posted a while ago, or is it blogged a while ago? … on how hard it was sometimes to provide a diagnosis. Also why some are misdiagnosed, quite often. There has to be a reason for this, it is not like the profession is inept.
So it is hard.
oh that is an excuse for messing up?
yes.
Why?
ok, so why. Look yourself over please, point out the diagnostic port that we can plug our sensor into.
So diagnosis is based on what you answer, provide, divulge. A lot too, is what you don’t say. Sometimes with deliberateness, you don’t really want to talk about it. It is very personal, you are ashamed, embarrassed.
Or you don’t feel it is pertinent.
To be fair too, things change, some disorders coexist, or develop later. One may go untreated.
Mental, Mental, Mental.
Such a simple word, but it makes people cringe.
perhaps it…
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