I was diagnosed with OCD and major depression at 21, though I've come to believe that these were primarily symptoms of PTSD. My mother and older sister were physically and emotionally abusive from childhood up until I moved out at 18, and I was also bullied at school. I've read that you can inherit PTSD (environmentally via their behaviour *not* genetically) from your parents if they have it and it is the same with BPD. My older sister without question has BPD and has been on various meds since the age of 25. My younger sister was also prescribed the meds usually prescribed to people with BPD (Cipralex). My mother is mentally ill and has constant extreme anxiety, paranoia, and severe mood swings, so the chance of inheriting either seems pretty high.


I also have severe mood swings at times, but have somehow learned to detach myself from people and situations to an extreme extent so that I am abnormally numb or 'robotic.' I seem to have symptoms of PTSD via childhood abuse, but at the same time, display all symptoms of BPD (aside from cutting).