i’ve recently been diagnosed with borderline but still being questioned and tested for whether or not i obtain bipolar tendencies and my mom just could not wrap her head around how i still couldn’t control my mood swings even after a diagnosis, as if the diagnosis would all of a sudden allow me to understand myself more, which obviously in a way yes and does explain certain ways i have acted, not using my diagnosis as an excuse, BUT just because i have a better understanding of *why* doesn’t mean i can now all of a sudden control my emotions. she can’t seem to wrap her head around the fact that i cannot control certain emotions when they are controlling me, it’s not like there’s a small voice in the back of my head saying what i’m doing is wrong, the immense guilt and shame only comes after. i turn into a fucking heinous person and at the time i could not fucking care less, i don’t know how to explain this to her. i’ve recently been prescribed quetiapine which has lulled my mood swings a LOT but i don’t know how to make her/anyone else understand