Personality Disorders Support Group

Personality disorders form a class of mental disorders that are characterized by long-lasting rigid patterns of thought and behaviour. Personality disorders are seen by the American Psychiatric Association as an enduring pattern of inner experience and behavior that deviates markedly from the expectations of the culture of the individual who exhibits it.

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diagnosed with bpd

happynaz
happynaz
I just found out that I have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and it frustrates me. I now have three diagnoses : borderline personality disorder, ptsd and ocd, and it scares me because it makes me look like i'm seriously mentally ill and I dont want that label on me for the rest of my life. Can someone get better with borderline , can they live normal lives?
Razor91
Razor91
I also have those 3 diagnoses among others, but I don't think it's really a bad thing, I think it's the way you handle it.
I didn't understand BPD at all when I was first told I had it, never even heard of it. But there are treatments for it, one is DBT, invented by a borderline Marsha M. Linehan to help us change out thoughts etc. I've heard that with medication and therapy BPD eases off around when you hit middle aged, which sounds like a very long time for something like this to lift. I read in a book that most of the serious symptoms will ease off, leaving the more bearable ones left. There is hope :)
Razor91
Razor91
This book helped me a lot to understand it better -
https://www.newharbinger.com/borderline-personality-disorder-survival-guide
happynaz
happynaz
Thank you for the help. I am going to try to get some books about bpd when I get paid tomorrow. I dont know what's going on with me. I have not been feeling like myself for the last three weeks. I have a borderline personality disorder book for dummies, I'm thinking about reading it to get some insight on bpd. I have harm ocd or so i think, I saw a post on here about a lady who has homicidal thoughts and that worries me. I am going to try cbt and dbt counseling.
NYNM
NYNM
In a strcit sense, these "diagnoses" can be overcome. BPD and PTSD are usually two sides of the same coin; sometimes doctors use more than one diagnosis even tho they are not too different. Do you mean OCD or OCPD (personality disorder). OCD can also be overcome, often with meds. And these 3 diagnoses do not make you seem "mentally ill." OCD can also go with BPD and OCPD. It may hep if you have a tehrapist explain all this, its not like medical diagnoses and real "illnesses" (There is a lot of debate on this, but IMO, its not that important) Treatment is more important.

I am in the medical field myself and I don't get too hung up on these diagnoses; mental health diagnosies and usually vaguer and fluctuate more that medical disorders. "Diagnoses" are mostly because there has to be something for the doctor to write on an insurance form. I think the most important point is treatment and what you do to improve.

Good luck.