Hello. I've just been diagnosed as having BPD after years of a major depressive disorder diagnosis. I used to read The Last Psychiatrist a lot, still hang around the reddit board, and there was a post he made where it says a borderline will eventually become a narcissist when on a desert island with no one to form the identity on. Have a look: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2007/01/borderline.html 

I don't necessarily have a huge problem with identity in that I don't mould myself according to whoever I'm with. However, I do have a problem in the sense that I deny the self. This could be years of taking the philosophy of no-self to a pathological end but I generally don't define myself or if I have to describe myself tend to rely on things that I do/have done and my interests as opposed to values. 

My question is, is it really true that borderlines upon "finding the self" end up as narcissists? Also, is having a clearly defined identity really that important to be a healthy functioning human?
