BPD

Misdiagnosed a lot. Therapists are quick to pathologize when they are usually the nutty ones.

Big Penis Distress? Is that really a thing?

No. I recognize it in two people who are in my life. One I limit contact with out of self preservation. Another tries very hard but life is not easy. I guess it’s a lucky symptom to be able to blame all woes, hardships and disappointment on others failing you. Both are women. The first apparently has been “difficult” all her life but her mental illness became apparent in her teens. The other had no issues until her parents split up and she became reckless around 15. She is 30 something and I think she may be bi-polar as well as borderline. She seems to spiral out of control and come crashing down every five years or so. Very sad, really.

No, my go to diagnosis is usually that they are just a cunt.

Well this is disappointing. I was hoping to bait the BPD trolls so I could block them.

Several new threads a week.

What is the diagnosis for people who are obsessed with the psychology and creepy pathetic Internet culture and quack docs all centered on NPD, BPD, dark triad, etc etc etc?

No.

But there’s a feeling I recognize when someone is “trouble”. When I find them fascinating and want to learn more about them so I can figure it out, I know it’s time to pull back and set boundaries. Ditto when I feel sorry for someone and want to help them. I can’t always tell, based on their behavior, but I can always tell by MY behavior.

No. But there is a first time for everything. Seeing as how you are insufferable and obsessed with this stupid shit I will guess OP has it.

No. Some people think “This person is rude and selfish therefore they must be Borderline/sociopath/NPD” which is just dumb.

My grandmother was diagnosed with BPD and she was actually fired as a patient from several psychiatrists.

"Yes!" "No." "Yes, I do!" "No, I do not." "Help me!" "I think it's Friday." "Who are you?" "I love you, but don't come near me you crazy schizophrenic bastard!!"

I've known a couple real ones.

One was introduced to me by a mutual friend (who was trying to pawn off the BPD onto me). We hung out a few times. I house sat for him when he went to see his sister out of state who was dying of cancer. I was surprised when he came home early. I was more surprised when he made some really awful comments about his sister being a selfish cunt and how his BIL drove him to the airport and dropped him off without making travel arrangements.

Within a couple more weeks my new friend was dropping by my apartment at all hours of the day and night, often despairing over something or other, quite emotional, then suicidal. The visits began happening in the middle of the night and now included threats against me. I told him to stay away, but he kept coming back, now to my workplace. He was immediately ordered off the property but he didn't listen to anybody. One afternoon he had a screaming crying meltdown in the lobby of my workplace.

A couple weeks and a few more suicide visits later, I began calling the police, who took him to the ER a couple times. During one of these episodes he assaulted an officer, and he was involuntarily committed for six weeks when/where he got his BPD diagnosis. l filed a restraining order and found out I was one of about a dozen people who'd already done this. The psychiatrist at the hospital called me and told me that she recommended I have no further contact with him, which I was just fine with. He continued to telephone and email me for over a year after he was released from the hospital.