So, I'm nearly 30, have experienced depression from quite a young age. I've never been diagnosed by any psychiatrist until last week where mine said I was literally "textbook BPD" and showed all of the signs. I just don't feel like I am. My moods are stable, not erratic. Obviously over the years I've tried to work out what could be "wrong" with me, I've had multiple therapists, psychologists, counsellors... I've gone deep into this mental health thing. I've tried lots of therapies. Never once have I thought I could have BPD, met someone with BPD and related to them, or read about BPD and thought "gee that sounds familiar."

My main concern is that with a really well known/esteemed psychiatrist giving me such a strong diagnosis of "textbook case BPD", I feel like in the future I'll be constantly told I have BPD, and given the wrong therapies. Currently I am on a wait list for DBT therapy and am on Luvox which is helping significantly, but still can't shake the fact I feel like I don't show any classic BPD signs. Maybe I'm in denial.