I had a discussion with my therapist on invalidating environments during our last session and the impact they can have on a person's development. 

Does anyone else come from a chronically emotionally-invalidating environment? My up-bringing played a big role in that for me, given the alcoholism of my parents. Every concern or bad feeling I ever had about how much they drank or about their general behavior was shut-down. They would just tell me that I was making a big deal out of nothing and that drinking this much was "totally normal". I really think this might be how I started doubting myself about EVERYTHING in life. After a while, I just couldn't trust myself anymore or my judgement. I started really losing sight of who the "me" at the core of everything was. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm a lot better than I was. I'm actually very stable now as far as BPD goes, all thanks to DBT and lots and lots of meditative exercises. Still, I like analyzing where my old behaviors came from. I find that making sense of them and their origins helps me move-on from those old behaviors. 

What do you guys think? 