Young and frustrated BPD sufferer
My blogs
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
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| Introduction | I was first diagnosed with Depression in 1999 at the age of 14 years old following my first overdose. Since then I have been in and out of various hospitals, crisis houses and rehabilitation centres, and seen numberous doctors, psychologists etc whom until recently always labelled me as having depression or Bipolar disorder. I was never satisfied with this diagnosis as it didn't explain why I did certain things but finally a couple of months ago I was properly diagnosed as having Borderline Personality Disorder. At first I had no idea what the condition was, but as I read up about it in more detail, it felt as though I was reading about myself. All I want to do now is to defeat this illness in order to live a 'normal' life. But knowing your symptoms and why you possibly act in certain ways to different situations, doesn't necessarily mean you can change your reactions, unfortunately. This is where the frustration and anger towards yourself and the illness begins to kick in. I have to defeat this otherwise it WILL kill me eventually. |