That's it. BPD sucks and I'm honestly tired of my friends who only have depression and anxiety implying that they know what this is like? That isn't to say depression and anxiety aren't horrible because they absolutely are but I just think people need to realize that there are limits to how much you can understand something you haven't experienced? We've all felt horrible, we've all had trauma, but if you haven't lived with BPD don't say you understand it. Similarly to how a white person shouldn't say they understand what it's like to be POC, or an able bodied person shouldn't say they understand what it's like to be disabled or immunocompromised, or a cisgender person shouldn't say they understand what it's like to be trans etc. Empathy is a beautiful thing, and we've all felt pain, but holy shit it can only go so far with certain things. Does anybody else feel this way or am I just being angsty?