Yes Glass Angel. I agree with you. I hope the priory made their BPD diagnosis based on several factors. Often psychs do not like giving this diagnosis as it’s a personality disorder and not a clinical one like depression and seems to remit in later years. Because it’s a personality disorder it is extremely hard to treat. Think pedophilia. Scientists have researched things such as chemical castration, physical castration, clockwork orange types of treatment and none work so far. Doesn’t mean we won’t discover anything we just haven’t. Same with Antisocial Personality Disorder. There has been some research that has shown some positive evidence like DBT and CBT to treat BPD but that is still in its infancy. Due to these factors if I get a BPD client, I typically refer out to a specialist and try to treat the depression.
Glass Angel, what a hard ordeal you must have had trying to get help. Plenty of people who were sexually abused and cutters do not warrant the label of BPD
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