I'm curious to know what other people's experience of BPD is. 

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I've been reading a lot of people's posts, and I'm struck by one thing: a reluctance to blame another person or event (abuse, abandonment, etc) for their original suffering. 

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If anything, many other sufferers tend to blame themselves (for being moral failures or screw ups, etc). But that might be the BDP (self loathing, despair) talking. 

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Since we experience the symptoms and effects of BDP on a daily basis we might have just forgotten what 'caused' it or have more important things to worry about now. 

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When I read articles about BDP, though, there is a recurring theme that is not readily apparent in the online posts - that the likely source or cause of BDP is childhood/family trauma. 

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Do you think that's true of your experience? Or do you think psychologists et al are just looking for way to explain something that defies explanation?

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thanks