Soooo my psychiatrist and my therapist (both originally hired for my depression)  suspected BPD for quite a while now and I have like 4-5 close friends whom I told about those suspicions. Every reaction went almost the same: "Nah, you don't seem like it. You don't act that way. I would've never guessed." Something along those lines. And while I respect their opinion, those people are not professionals nor do I let them see my BPD-like behavior. So now that I've got the final diagnosis (BPD. Who would've guessed?) I feel really invalidated. Like I just made it all up. And I know rationally that it's not true, but no one in my close surroundings would agree. And now I feel like I made it all up for attention. It's just a shitty feeling... [sorry for my English, I'm not a native speaker]