I’ve been having some issues lately with my therapist. She’s been making me feel very invalidated with my BPD, telling me that everyone has these symptoms (fear of abandonment, extreme/explosive anger etc.) Recently I’ve been symptom free to a certain extent because I’ve been isolating myself and trying not to make connections with people, and she uses that as an opportunity to tell me that I must not have BPD if not all of my interactions with people are negative or triggering. 

Majority of my BPD triggers were apparent when I was with my partner of 7 years but she kicked me out of our home due to not being able to handle me anymore. I was also unmedicated and now that I’m on meds I’m able to be a tad more rational compared to before when my BPD was full blown. So my therapist blames it on my relationship and saying it was situational. 

I guess I’m just writing this because I don’t know how to defend myself and express how I feel during our sessions.  I walk away feeling very invalided and pretty hurt when she brings up the subject. I feel like she’s trying to convince me that my diagnosis was wrong.