I have BPD and finishing up my counseling program. I see BPD more as a spectrum and of course everyone wants and needs something different from a therapist. So I thought it would be interesting to see what everyone’s thoughts are. 

In my sessions as the professional, I just try to act and talk to my clients like a normal person. I have found with being a client myself that a lot of therapists are too stiff and ridged. I think it’s so uncomfortable and disheartening when you make a joke in therapy and the therapist doesn’t react. So I try to be normal while still being professional.