I was hospitalized a few weeks ago and I’ve been a lot more conscious of my mental health. I’ve enrolled in DBT at the suggestion of my doctors in the hospital. I’ve always thought/ been told that I have major depression but a couple of days ago my therapist revealed that she suspects I have BPD. We did some preliminary tests and it’s “probable” that I have BPD. We’re going to do more testing but the more I read about it, the more it explains a lot of my behavior.

Anyway, I’m not mad or upset about it. I need to change my medicine if I do actually have BPD but that’s about it. I think mental illness has this stigma that you can’t live a full life while having a diagnosis and I just want to hear some encouraging stories for once. If anyone has any uplifting stories about living a good life while still dealing with BPD, drop them below.