hey everyone, I do not have BPD myself, but I am pretty sure my best friend does. We've always thought that she had just really bad depression... she's never really been happy and she's been suicidal more than once in her life and also has tried to commit suicide in the past as well. I don't want to act like I know everything and that I can diagnose her for sure, but she has pretty much ever symptom there is to this and I've been on this tread reading some of what you all have posted and some of the posts sound pretty similar to how she has felt in similar situations. But I think bringing something up like this to her could make her feel really upset, like I'm invalidating her feelings and saying they are just because she has this mental illness. And that is really not the case because I truly understand mental illness and I don't think it makes anyones feelings invalid, I just want her to get the help she needs and I want her to have a chance at healing and feeling better. I also want to be able to help as much as I can.   


anyone have any advice for me on how to talk to her about this or how to help her?