Upfront: I hate both.

Longer: I don't agree with self diagnosis for the following reasons.

* If someone pigeonholes themselves into a disorder, they are not receptive to the idea that they could have a disorder other than the one they have decided they have. This could negatively affect their recovery.
* BPD is not a status symbol. It's not cool or edgy. It's a fucking illness.
* Self diagnosis is incredibly invalidating to those of us who have, you know, actually been diagnosed by a professional. 
* Tumblr kids use BPD as an excuse for their hormonal teenage behaviour. There's a reason it isn't diagnosed in teenagers.


Onto Tumblr itself. They use the term 'favourite person' which I'm seeing crop up more and more here, to mean someone they idolise. Yes, when we first find someone new we tend to idealise them and then devalue them, and I've called people my favourites before tongue in cheek, but this was before I realised it was a 'thing'. Tumblr kids capitalise it, add a trademark sign, all that shite, and act as if it's gospel, a real symptom. It's *not*. And every time I see it mentioned here it's almost hand in hand with a giveaway for the poster being a teen, and I just assume they've come straight from Tumblr and have no time for them.

Maybe I should be less touchy. Maybe less paranoid. But I have freaking BPD. I am touchy. I am paranoid. And I'm not a goram teenager looking for an excuse for my shitty behaviour.

What are your thoughts on this stuff? Sorry if I come across as a total dick.