I realised that I have BPD around November/December time. I thought it had never been noticed before, but when I mentioned it to my mum and told her I’m being referred to try and get a diagnosis she said it’s been mentioned before.

I was trying to get diagnosed with Asperger’s three years ago when I was 18, and the psychiatrist said the following in her letter:

“There is the possibility of emerging personality disorder with features of avoidant, emotionally unstable and schizoid personality types, however I think it would be neither substantial or helpful to make a personality disorder diagnosis at this stage in her development.”

I can remember experiencing symptoms of BPD from childhood onwards, so it’s really interesting to hear this. I just can’t believe that my mum knew this all along and thought I did!