So recently I have been trying to be open about having BPD with some friends of mine. Well what I have noticed is that when something happens now where I am upset or sad, I hear comments like "I think your BPD is acting up today." I hate the stigma around this illness so bad because I know that I have my days where it does take toll, but now I feel like regular feelings from being human are invalidated because of my honesty about my BPD. I feel like in their eyes, that is all I am now, is my mental illness. I hate that this is becoming a thing because it is making me really regret being open with people and making me want to just isolate and push them away which is exactly what I didn't want to do to begin with. I might have BPD and have a hard time controlling emotions, but I still have days where I am annoyed because of someone's ignorance and still have bad work days that I feel like any normal person would just feel irritable after experiencing. I hide this from friends I care about it, it blows up in my face. I am open about my illness, it blows up in my face. It seriously feels like there is no break sometimes.