So I'm not really sure if this is the appropriate subreddit for me to be posting in due to the fact that I haven't been professionally diagnosed with BPD, but I have researched it and I seem to have a lot of the symptoms, especially for the past few days. A few months ago, me and someone I've known for a little while suddenly got a lot closer (nothing romantic, just much better friends.) For the past month or so we've spent almost every day, several hours a day, just talking or playing video games or doing whatever together. I suppose this has caused them to become my FP (though I'm hesitant to call them that, because of everything about BPD I've looked at, FPs are probably what I know least about. Either way, however, they are very important to me.) Because of this, I've been feeling intense feelings of abandonment, especially when we aren't actively talking and some feelings of jealousy. I just want to know from people who also experience this, how they try to cope with it. I personally feel that taking time for myself helps a little bit, but I've also read that self-isolating is not a good thing to do. Right now, I'm taking a couple days to just be on my own and not speak to them, but is that a bad idea? Any advice is greatly appreciated as I am feeling extremely overwhelmed.