I was recently diagnosed bipolar but am confused on the differences between that and BPD. 


On the bipolar subreddit, it’s agreed that bipolar episodes can be triggered by high stress, low sleep, and events like falling in love. Meanwhile any thread here asking for the difference usually has something like “BPD episodes are triggered while bipolar episodes aren’t” 


Aside from that I’m confused by stuff like lack of identity. I have that completely but for me it’s because I don’t know who I am since it can change based on my episodes. Like there seems to be some overlap 


What’s the main differences