So I received my diagnosis a few months ago. I’m taking part in a clinical trial, and had to see a psychiatrist for assessment, who diagnosed me. I highly doubt I would have gotten a diagnosis anytime soon otherwise.

Anyway, since then I’ve desperately tried to seek help for my BPD. I’ve now been told by two different doctors that ‘there’s no treatment’ for BPD. However, today I was referred to the local mental health team (IAPT), who I called just now and who told me ‘sorry, we don’t deal with that’.

Have any other UK Borderlines had this issue?I’m truly at a loss. I do currently have weekly private counselling sessions through the charity MIND, which is absolutely fantastic and is helping me so much, but I feel I need something more BPD specific, i.e DBT or mentalization therapy.

I’m so upset, I just don’t know what to do or who to turn to now.  I study psychology so I know what treatments SHOULD be available, and I’m so upset and angry right now that I’m just constantly being turned away. It also concerns me because what about people who don’t come from a psychology background, who are diagnosed and then told there’s no help? IMO that could have devastating, potentially even fatal effects.

Any advice, or to just hear about other peoples experiences with this, would be much appreciated &lt;3