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Hi @BPDSurvivor @Daisy16 @BlueBay @Anastasia @nxx @Shaz51 and all those here. Thanks for starting up this great thread @BPDSurvivor ! Very much appreciated☺️👍! It's great to know that I'm not alone with BPD as I somehow feel that way at times. I do know of one other person who has the condition who happens to be a great friend of mine but that's really all the people I know besides the people here on the forums. Thank you everyone for sharing your information as I believe it's a condition that is greatly misunderstood by lots of people including the medical fraternity. 

I haven't got much time to go into my story of what led me to being diagnosed with BPD except to say that I believe my diagnosis extends back to my childhood and growing up in a household with domestic violence with my parents and then hitting us kids. I also had attachment difficulties and trouble with my mother who had an intellectual disability and thought the whole world revolved around her. My father and I had a difficult relationship as he was the punisher in the family and suffice to say, I struggled with trusting men for fear of getting hurt. He wonders even now why l had a major teacher crush in high school with a male teacher who was pretty special because I couldn't connect with him growing up. Let's just say trust and fear run true for me in many elements along with being scared of getting hurt. 

I've got to go but I look forward to following this thread and seeing if we as forum members can 'flip the script' on this very interesting yet wonderful condition that is BPD.  Together, we are strong and we can do this! 

Judi9877