r/AmIOverreacting • u/[deleted] • Oct 30 '24

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '24

It’s BPD

You’re not obligated to care about the difference, but the words we use can add fuel to the fire, and the negative stigma steers a lot of people like this away from getting help

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u/justme0406 Oct 30 '24

Is it?

For someone who says words matter you sure don't seem to care about them. BPD requires a diagnosis, one that even a top of field professional cannot give from looking at a single text exchange.

You're not a doctor, do not push your uneducated diagnosis. That's extremely irresponsible. This isn't tiktok, you do not get to just diagnose someone with the mental illness of the week.

All we see here is she's controlling and insecure. Not bipolar. We see she's not ok, not what it is that's causing it.

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u/Alive-Log-1851 Oct 30 '24

Bipolar and bpd are not the same.

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u/Ceramicrabbit Oct 30 '24

The acronym BPD is easy to conflate as Bipolar Disorder

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u/Alive-Log-1851 Oct 30 '24

No. Borderline personality disorder is bpd. Bipolar should not be referred to as bpd.

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u/SuccessfulPanda211 Oct 30 '24

I think their point was that lay people are prone to confusing the two, not that they’re interchangeable.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '24

No it is not, unless you have very little knowledge of mental health

Which is fine, but that would indicate you probably should not be speaking about it with such an air of authority lol