i’ve had people (with bipolar or cyclothymia) get angry or offended when i say that i’m manic/hypomanic or in a manic episode but i’ve heard a lot of people w bpd say they experience mania/hypomania. my psychiatrist has never corrected me when i talk about my manic episodes and they’re obviously very different from episodes experienced by those with bipolar but i feel really invalidated when people say i can’t experience mania unless i’m bipolar. like... we‘re gatekeeping mental illness now? 

anyways, can mania/hypomania be a symptom of bpd?