Borderline Personality (BPD)

I was wondering if anyone knows someone who has BPD or if they do because i think i might have it and i want personal experiences of what its like. For those that don't know what BPD is, this is a little explanation:

"A person with a borderline personality disorder often experiences a repetitive pattern of disorganization and instability in self-image, mood, behavior and close personal relationships. This can cause significant distress or impairment in friendships and work. A person with this disorder can often be bright and intelligent, and appear warm, friendly and competent. They sometimes can maintain this appearance for a number of years until their defense structure crumbles, usually around a stressful situation like the breakup of a romantic relationship or the death of a parent."

Symptoms:
"Relationships with others are intense but stormy and unstable with marked shifts of feelings and difficulties in maintaining intimate, close connections. The person may manipulate others and often has difficulty with trusting others. There is also emotional instability with marked and frequent shifts to an empty lonely depression or to irritability and anxiety. There may be unpredictable and impulsive behavior which might include excessive spending, promiscuity, gambling, drug or alcohol abuse, shoplifting, overeating or physically self-damaging actions such as suicide gestures. The person may show inappropriate and intense anger or rage with temper tantrums, constant brooding and resentment, feelings of deprivation, and a loss of control or fear of loss of control over angry feelings. There are also identity disturbances with confusion and uncertainty about self-identity, sexuality, life goals and values, career choices, friendships. There is a deep-seated feeling that one is flawed, defective, damaged or bad in some way, with a tendency to go to extremes in thinking, feeling or behavior. Under extreme stress or in severe cases there can be brief psychotic episodes with loss of contact with reality or bizarre behavior or symptoms. Even in less severe instances, there is often significant disruption of relationships and work performance. The depression which accompanies this disorder can cause much suffering and can lead to serious suicide attempts." [from http://www.stanford.edu/~corelli/borderline.html]

or check out: http://www.psycom.net/depression.central.borderline.html

i dunt have that disorder but wat symptons do u have to make u think u ave it???

um....when i was really depressed i showed signs and i was curious about it....i never seriously looked into it...

read girl interrupted by susan kaysen...it's about her experience w/ borderline....great book it has a movie too...watch it or read it whatever pleases u the most...it shows a lot of in sight

im not too sure about whether she had it or not but thats when i found out it even existed.

I think the main symptom is baiscally a person who is really unstable about themselves and relationships, its a really complicated thing but it suposedly affects 1-2% of the population

I read the symptoms, and I do have some signs of the disorder, but I highly doubt I have BPD. I'm not a doctor though, so I don't know. ♥

i do also
its fun O_o

i show a great majority of the symptoms, but no, i have quite a few friends but not any I'm really close to, i use my faith (religion) to get through the day and a few of my friends who know a bit.

And I really don't think its fun.

i have some symptoms but im pretty sure its just my "depression"
by the way my doctor says I have tempary depression. can that come back every once in a while?