There are so many great resources on TikTok for education about BPD but the amount of content that I see online that treats it as something cool and edgy to add to a quirky personality pile is driving me up all the wall. 

BPD symptoms have ruined my life but also made me go get help and seeing so many people post about it as if it makes them some sort of cool villain makes me feel like we will never be understood as people who genuinely struggle. I can't tell if these accounts actually have BPD and just don't care to get help, or if they just see the "9 signs you have BPD" and decide they have it all the sudden -- plus, if that was the case, there are SO MANY online resources that you can download for FREE to work on making yourself better and easing the symptoms we all experience. (I really don't have an opinion on self-diagnosing btw because resources are not always financially inclusive so please don't think that I'm blaming this on everyone that self-diagnoses, this is more about people who believe they have BPD because they saw it on the internet once lol) I get how BPD can come off like this edgy and dark personality trait that appeals to those who identify with "edgier" things, but it is so much deeper than breaking someone's heart and then fucking their best friend. I've almost ruined my relationship countless times because of my symptoms but you don't see me go parading it online like it's some sort of token of quirkiness. If anything, it's something that makes me question my own right to exist on a daily basis and not something that I'd ever boast about to other people. 

I could honestly be just projecting my own frustrations onto others, but seeing people romanticize the parts of me (and themselves) that cause pain to others infuriates me to no end. I even commented on one video blatantly romanticizing splitting about how harmful the post was (it was a video of someone lip-syncing to a rap song about breaking someone's heart by just using them for their own satisfaction) and I had actual people responding to me telling me that I was tone-deaf and have no idea about the struggle of Borderline. I've displayed symptoms since I was a little kid, I know about the struggle LMAO I just don't need more people hating on an already extremely stigmatized disorder. As I said, I truly think that there is good and helpful content on TikTok about BPD, but some creators are just ruining the work that others put in to actually try to help those who suffer and educate those who do not.