A person with borderline personality disorder answers your questions

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Content warning: This article discusses suicide and mental health.
1.6% of the global population has borderline personality disorder (BPD). And 10% of those diagnosed will die by suicide.
Re: News journalist Zoe Madden-Smith sat down with Geo Cocks who was diagnosed with BPD at the age of 27 after searching for the right diagnosis for 11 years.
Geo answers your questions about the biggest misconceptions of BPD and what it’s like to live with the disorder.
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[@armouroscardear]

happy this person has gone to therapy to understand and control it. if you are in a relationship with someone who has BPD the best thing you can do is try and get them help. and if thay dont wont it end the relationship and it thay say ther going to end themselves tell there famly what is happening and ask for help then leave. dont just try and stick it out there tromer will become your tromer and that will be with you for the rest of your life. its not your job to look after this person i know you love them but you are not a trained professional who know how to handle the situations that can happen and it can get real bad! i've got the scars to prove it.

[@oct31995]

aw omg i have bpd too and i relate to this sm