A month or so ago I got told by my councilor (who I've been seeing for about 3 year) that I may have BPD. I took a test with him and check almost every box. I talked to my doctor and she agreed but since I'm not 18 I cant get a proper diagnosis. I've been thinking so much about this new discovery and I cant help but to be scared. Having BPD would explain a lot of what's going on with me but I keep wanting believe it's not real because I cant understand it.
Anyone with BPD or any other mental disorder have the same kind of experience when you found out about your diagnosis? I have depression and anxiety, I was anorexic and had severe panic problems but never had I been so distraught about a diagnosis.
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I would say the reluctance of your doctors confirmation is due to the fact that your brain is still forming....frontal lobe changes happen till your in about your mid twenties.
Excellent response. Def true much too young to be diagnosed with BPD. It's diagnosed later say early to mid 30's. You need a history of doing all of this including intense manipulation of many people and services
A quiz does not do this. It doesn't take your life history into acct.
If we all took that quiz we'd all be diagnosed with BPD.
To me as a Therapist, being 18 is a tough time in a person's life..."finding oneself " in all aspects..hence growing up.
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I'm not doing very well
Anyone else constantly asking “Who am I?”” 
somebody please help
Mary J
BPD Bby, 22
