It’s so painful, having posts recommended to me- positivity for us with the disorder! Bits of hope! And everyone takes a crap on it. Calling us terrible and crazy. Nobody realizes that a good chunk of us Are trying to improve and actively have been. 

I’ve been in therapy on and off since I was 13 years old (now 21) because I have always known something was wrong, I’ve always been in pain since I can remember, I’ve been in therapy *regularly* now for 3 years, 2 of which have been DBT because ONE therapist recognized borderline traits and recommended DBT. I’ve tried so many medications that I can’t count them all, have done the genesite test to try and figure out what will work. I still have 9/9 of the traits and have to deal with it on a constant basis. The guilt I have for my action is immense but therapy has honestly made me realize that only a small chunk of it was even my fault, a large portion of my issues have been people antagonizing me until I break, and doctors refusing to recognize what’s wrong.

The Stigma needs to stop. We are NOT bad people. Our brains convince us we are villains when in reality we are JUST people doing the best we can. We don’t want to hurt anyone, we just want our hurt to stop. Sometimes we forget other people exist because our pain is so immense. Stop antagonizing us, learn what your actions to do other people, go to therapy AS WELL- neurotypical people can benefit from therapy as well! Nobody is perfect. Stop treating us like we’re terrible monsters. We are just people.