Hello there,

A few months ago, I got the borderline diagnosis during impatient treatment. Some of the interpretations the doctor did, do seem a bit far fetched from my perspective. How do the following things feel like for you? Can anyone relate?

1) inner emptiness: it does not feel like true emptiness for me, more like a deep pain. Psychiatrist said, my search for meaning in life and my engagement with existentialism (philosophy) would point to the inner emptiness thing.

2) being too emotional: I know I had this when I was younger and caught up in abusive relationships. Right now I only feel depressed and have no emotions nor motivation. They did interpret my behavior as aggressive when I was inpatient, but I never felt aggressive. Does anyone of you gets interpreted more emotional than you feel? It was not the first time somebody called me angry and aggressive, but I always think they overstate it.

Would be happy to read how you experience these things.