I recently found out that I was (likely) misdiagnosed with BPD. I've begun seeing a new therapist who specialises in BPD and mostly only works with BPD patients. She also runs my city's only DBT group. She's great and I really like her, but she says that she's quite sure I have been misdiagnosed and most likely have CPTSD instead. Her reasoning is based on a number of things - the psychiatrists who diagnosed me initially didn't see me for especially long, and only saw me in the throes of a direct recent trauma. There's also the issue of overdiagnosis in women and underdiagnosis in men when it comes to BPD (I'm a woman). I've always noticed that I fail to relate to the lack of a sense of self that comes with BPD, and in fact have often been told I have a very strong sense of self. I've never experienced chronic feelings of emptiness, and I also have never been sure if I 'split' (*maybe* regarding ideas but never regarding people?). She feels ultimately that I suit the symptoms of CPTSD far more.

I have no direct reason for sharing this here, just wanted to share. She still wants to see me for a bit longer to be sure, and I have a psychiatrist referral coming up as well.

Changing diagnosis won't really change much for me at all. She still wants me to join the DBT group so that I can expand my window of tolerance and learn coping mechanisms in order to then start EMDR therapy. It won't mean changes in my meds or anything like that. It's simply a slight shift in how I think of myself, and it's answered a few questions I've always had about my BPD diagnosis.