Do people on the internet think you have BPD?

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It seems like some people on the internet think I have BPD. None of my therapists have mentioned it, so I don't think I have it.

What do the people on the internet do to show they that they think your BPD?

Do act manic on one thread, and depressed on the next thread?

^ I think she's talking about Borderline Personality Disorder, not Bipolar.

And no, nobody has ever brought that up.

No one has ever accused me of having it nor has anyone in real life ever accused me of it either or even suggested it.

Unless they are familiar with the actual diagnosis, might it be like how people have begun to over- (and incorrectly) use terms like, "OCD" as some sort of pop-culture reference?

Why so they think you have BPD?

As in a Detroit-Windsor sort of way?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Are you emotionally instable?

It's common for people on the spectrum, or for people who feel like they don't fit in, to try out different personas, imitating others. Especially teens do this. I do it all the time and I'm kinda surprised no one ever picked up on it. Right now I'm sort of channeling my occ therapist. It's like "how would so-in-so answer this?".

"People" on the internet think I'm just totally insane in general.

The first question that popped into my mind was, "Who are these people and are they qualified to make such a judgement about you? I would hazard a guess that the answer is no, they probably have a cousin who has BPD and are therefore, internet experts.

That is interesting for me though as BPD was one of the incorrect diagnoses I received growing up; I also was thought to be a 'Manic Depressive' (before the switch to bipolar came in).

Looking at some of the listed criteria for a diagnosis I can see why they made the mistake they made, but had they bothered to dig a little deeper then they would have realised it wasn't correct. I have told this tale before on another thread, but when I challenged the Psychiatrist saying I didn't accept the BPD diagnosis, he smugly replied that this is exactly what a person with BPD would do, ergo..... I so regret not slapping him!

One of the issues I found with that diagnosis was that they were then able to shove me into the box labelled, "Unfixable" and not then have to offer me support as it would simply be a waste of everybody's time. It is also a testament to the poor standards of psychiatry we still suffer from. Given the reading I had done, I knew it wasn't that but had to sit for a couple of decades with the wrong diagnosis and the best support on offer being 6 sessions of CBT.

It was only years later when I was able to go private and I got two separate independent diagnoses of Asperger's (needed to be sure) was I able to relax in my own skin. There is overlap with the ways of being, but if you are worried then maybe you should do some homework of your own? A book I read is called, "Sometimes I act crazy: Living with BPD" by Kreisman and Straus - they also wrote another good book on the subject called, "I hate you, Don't leave me!"

a psychologist or two have noticed Borderline traits in my personality (self harm, self loathing,) but not enough to be diagnosed.

Borderline runs in my family so i don't find it surprising for me to develop traits and symptoms.