Recently i was hospitalized and someone who came into talk to me really gave me a different angle on BPD. we are all just like rescue dogs, even when you take a dog that has been abused and take them and put them in a loving environment, the dog will still duck their head if you go to pet them and react in aggression even if the abuse isn’t still present in the dogs life.  Even tho it’s hard you are the dogs owner as well. You have to Constantly remind yourself it’s okay. Idk if i’m explaining as well as he did but i hope some people will take something from it 