look i am sorry english is not my first language 😭😭😭
This isn’t meant to call you out; this is a general post because of how often people do it. Native English speakers do it all the time. Whether it’s online or irl, I’ve had to explain to people what it means. It’s just a general trend and I’m not calling out a specific person.
Both names are bad. Bordeline between which areas? Bipolar on what axis? The name should explain the problem to those hearing it the first time.
ICD correctly says “emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)” for BPD.
Bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) is used somewhat. I’d say “bipolar mood disorder”.
I agree, but it still gets annoying to constantly be mistaken as bipolar.
when I’m taking report I usually put BPD but then either BP1 or BP2 same as I put DM1/DM2 but tbh 1&2 are going out of fashion for that set anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
(but if they’re hospitalized I’m really more labeling the acute episode than the chronic state anyway so if you really think about it I’m ahead of the game)
Yeah, just letting you know that medically speaking, BPD is an entirely different acronym. These comments in this post just feel dismissive of my condition that has its own acronym. It is annoying as hell to be constantly mixed up with a completely different disorder.
I also have BPD and find giving this much a fuck to be exhausting on top of all the other shit I’m dealing with so stop making assumptions that invalidate other ppl w bpd. I’m trying to model interacting dialectically for my coworkers I ain’t got time to worry about this shit.
Other people with BPD, which strictly refers to borderline personality disorder. What I am saying is strictly medically accurate. As someone who’s also autistic and had OCD, wording tends to matter in my position. I will take words and acronyms to mean what they are supposed to mean. To be honest, it is also a common pet peeve to be constantly mistaken as bipolar, so I’m not alone.
It’s the equivalent of mixing up ADD and ODD, which are very much not the same conditions.
I’m not mixing them up. Notation varies. There aren’t two bpds it’s also not even BPD in most parts of the world anymore since borderline is representative of an antiquated understanding of the disorder. If you actually GaF you’d be calling it EUPD.
My country doesn’t even use the ICD. You’re telling me, “if you gave a f*ck, you’d use a term that no doctor or anyone in your country ever uses or understands.” Multiple countries use the DSM-5 besides the USA, y’know.
Who is the Acronym Authority (AA)?
That is what they’re officially called. It’s just very annoying to have to constantly explain that I’m not bipolar whenever I state that I have BPD.
Who is the Origination Officer (OO) of the AA?
The DSM-5? Not to mention, this feels a bit… dismissive. In general, people mix up bipolar disorder with borderline personality disorder all the time. They very much aren’t the same thing at all.
People also conflate what they look like. A lot of people misundstand bipolar long term mood swings as something that looks like the short term volatility and swings that folks with BPD experience
I’m glad that someone else in this thread gets it. Nobody cares about BPD until it’s their “abusive ex-girlfriend” and only then does it actually matter.
Disorder names change all the time and cluster B personality disorders are inherently discriminatory. I don’t think there’s enough solid ground in this space to make it worthwhile to stake a claim on an acronym to define your lived experience. People are going to continue mixing up those acronyms and you will never have control over it.
BPD has been its own acronym since 1980, which was 46 years ago. This isn’t very affirming for a mental health page. Cluster B disorders are actual conditions needing treatment. It isn’t discrimination for me to be diagnosed with it; it’s completely medically accurate.
Mental health conditions don’t have to look pretty to be medically accurate descriptions.
Of course cluster B diagnoses deserve treatment, but the diagnoses themselves do more to further stigma than to inform treatment. And once you’ve been given one of these labels, you define yourself by it and form codependent relationships with others with the same label, ultimately reinforcing the underlying traumas. When a new client tells me they have BPD, my work becomes about helping them see themselves as more than a diagnosis.
The thing is, I see myself as more than a diagnosis. I just also view it as a medical condition requiring treatment to help my situation. My girlfriend can attest to the fact that I’ve been learning and coping fairly well for someone who hasn’t even done DBT yet. In fact, I’m further ahead of some folks already in therapy, so I’m clearly working pretty hard on it. I’m way better than I was 3 years ago, which is a success in itself.
The only contexts where I worry about BPD being possibly used against me is in hospitals and by certain family members. They could blame the unstable person with an illness instead of listening to any points I have about being horrifically traumatised.
I genuinely got traumatised so badly that I developed a severe form of OCD rendering me incapable of working. My BPD is a pain in the ass, but the OCD legitimately mentally cripples me to the point of being on welfare and disability tax benefits.
While that is very fair, it also seems valid for them to express their frustration about folks getting something wrong about condition that has a big impact on them. I think the frustration at being misunderstood or at common mental health misconceptions is understandable.
Folks with ocd often find the misconceptions unhelpful. Folks with bipolar disorder often find the misconceptions unhelpful. Folks with depression or ADHD often find people’s misconceptions about their experience unhelpful.
To me the post just read as someone venting that theyre frustrated with people not understanding something that feels important and relevant in their world. I think thats okay 🤷🏻♂️ I may be frustrated in their position to. God only knows how many little things people simply dont get about mental illness irk me and make me feel kinda alienated 😅
Personally I think its best to just let folks have their frustration. This meme isnt really expressing anything unhealthy, or even about whether all mental health diagnosis are the most productive way to help someone, just that they’re frustrated or bummed when people misunderstand them, which is pretty valid
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