*copied from a comment on a video about BPD*

"I've seen a lot of stigma around people with BPD making themselves out to be "victims." However, it's really the opposite of victimization. People with BPD blame themselves for everything. They believe they are not good enough for anything or anyone. Perpetually feeling that they, themselves, are always the underlying issue. They believe they have no true purpose in life. They almost always believe someone, usually a romantic partner, is going to be the catalyst that fills their void and makes them feel whole, purposeful and happy. Their constant paranoia around other individuals motives makes all forms of relationships difficult to maintain, though. They are constantly at war with their own emotions. They're the kind of people who can wake up one morning and feel like they're ready to get their lives together and take on the world. Only to feel like they're worthless. That, they could never accomplish anything because they're not good enough, by the end of that same day. It's an exhausting disorder. The stress they experience interferes with their notion for self preservation, constantly."