I’ve been wondering if I have BPD for over a year now but every time I look up symptoms and such I think to myself ‘nah, I’m fine, I don’t need help.’ But after that the symptoms always come up. Ever since I was a kid I’ve had issues with anger and since then I’ve matched with a lot of the symptoms and I’ve been struggling a lot lately. My dad doesn’t really understand or believe in mental illnesses but my mother has depression so she gets it. 

I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to fit the criteria for attention, I think I’m genuinely struggling and I need help. How do I tell my mum?