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i dont mean to fake claim. but i absolutely hate being on social media, watching a 5 second tiktok poorly and vaguely explaining bpd, and all of the comments are filled with people saying "omg this is soooo me. i have this". it is really invalidating to the people who actually suffer from it. what i want people to know is that bpd is so much more than what social media shows u.
im not against self-diagnosing. if u have done a lot of research and are trying to recover from it. but i feel like if u havent been given a proffesional diagnosis u shouldn't be flaunting it to everyone. this is just my opinion.
the thing is, i feel like on tiktok especially, bpd has gotten a lot more awareness. which by itself is great. but its also come with a lot of fetishising, romanticising and etc. like how people do with other illnesses, i.e depression/anxiety/more.
this is a rare diagnosis that so many people r claiming now. i know im not the only one who gets annoyed by these things.
i cant name a single person who actually has bpd, that wants bpd. it is NOT fun. i would give anything to be a functioning human being.
Okay? Your point? People on TikTok have nothing to do with the BPD stigma. BPD is stigmatized because of the behaviors of the professionally diagnosed. Exhibit A.
Isnât that literally what youâre doing on this subreddit though?
And do you have a license to be telling people what they do and donât have through a screen?
I mean at least Iâm not the one who feels threatened by a kids app đ¤ˇđ˝ââď¸ yâall are clearly the ONLY ones having a hard time coping
So youâre mad over people relating to vague symptoms of BPD then? Your individuality complex is showing
Thatâs the literal basis of the first paragraph, no? And you use the phrase âACTUALLY have BPDâ a lot as if, again, you are somehow more qualified to perform a diagnosis than they are because what? You had money and patience to go get a professional diagnosis? I genuinely couldnât care less what mental illness people might speculate that they have, because no matter what people still arenât going to treat borderlines like humans
A professional diagnosis doesnât translate to a PhD. You are not any more qualified to tell them what they do and donât have as they are đ
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Theyâre a non issue. People were abusing borderlines before the internet existed, and they will continue to do so regardless of if people are âfaking BPD on TikTokâ now.