I was diagnosed when I was 19 and my psychiatrist at the time tried to comfort me by saying by the age of 35, most people find the symptoms begin to ease off and life is more manageable. At the time I was like “omg are you serious that I have another 16 years of this shit” but now I am 27 and 35 isn’t *that* far away. Is this something you’ve found to be true? My intense self destructive BPD symptoms have lessened a bit as I left my early 20’s and started therapy/taking meds consistently and not stopping after a month or two but instead of having smaller but more frequent episodes, when I do have a blip it is a big one. Was my psych just trying to make me feel better or have you experienced an improvement compared to your teens/early 20’s/mid 20’s?