I was diagnosed at the hospital by the resident psychiatrist as bpd, I'd never heard of it before and went home and googled it and felt like i was reading about myself. It explained everything that was going on with me. reading about bpd was such an 'ahhh ha!' moment. Since then I've been in dbt with my psychologist, now she won't say im bpd because she doesn't want to label me and then have me conform to the symptoms and expectations of someone with bpd (understandable). I saw another psychiatrist for an hour session and she said she can't ofc diagnose me in such a short time but says 21 is too young to diagnose bpd.
Not knowing what is going on with me is killing me, it gives me so much anxiety and i feel as if I'm not being listened to or taken seriously. It's something i feel i need to know in order to move on.
Did your diagnosis(s) bring hope or relief? Or make you feel worse?