#WorldMentalHealthDay

i have borderline personality disorder. every day is a struggle for me. there is so much stigma surrounding personality disorders, especially cluster B disorders. despite the stigma surrounding my illness, i want to open up about my struggles.

ever since i was young, this disorder has affected me in numerous ways, even before i was even aware of what was wrong with me. i grew up with this overwhelming fear of being abandoned by those who i consider to be my “favorite person.” there have been several instances where-

i have self harmed or even attempted in response to someone leaving me. everyone wrote it off as me being desperate for attention. they didn’t understand that i was just feeling unbearable emotional pain, and i just wanted it to go away.

people write us off as manipulative, and the only “representation” we get in the media is the psycho ex trope, making people more afraid of us. the reality is that people with personality disorders are not to be feared. that person with narcissistic personality disorder-

you wrote off as toxic is struggling just as much as someone with any other mental illness. we deserve just as much compassion as anyone else. and i hope one day i can talk about my experiences with bpd without fearing judgement.

to end this thread, i want to tell everyone struggling right now that it truly does get better. take one day at a time. i’m not completely okay now at 19 years old, but i am most definitely better now than i was when i was 15.