I saw a psychiatrist recently whom diagnosed me with high-functioning BPD and it seems like a pretty spot-on diagnosis of my internal thought patterns and feelings, many of which I do not tell people closest to me because I don’t want it to affect how they treat me/their authentic communication and relationship with me. But after perusing some stuff on this sub, I’m wondering if most people associate people with BPD with being manipulative, or if this is just a negative stigma? I don’t think I’ve ever been called manipulative by another person, and I actively try very hard to not be manipulative (or to hurt people in general) and genuinely don’t think that I am, intentionally or not. And it doesn’t appear to be an official symptom of BPD. But what are others’ thoughts here? Do you automatically assume that someone with BPD is also manipulative?