What is it like to have BPD?

I can only speak for myself but it's definitely an emotional whirlwind. One description I've heard is that it involves having thin emotional skin. Very apt. You can be on top of the world about an accomplishment, but one little thing goes wrong and your world is blown to bits it hits that hard. Other times the moods are somewhat random, which I refer to as the universe spinning my Wheel of Moods. Another big thing is black and white thinking, looking at things as great awful, good bad, positive negative. And another huge part is the fear of abandonment.... that plays out in countless ways. Just some observations from my experiences, hth.

There is a Norwegian woman, Ida Storm, who has BPD and who kept a video diary about it that was made into a film. It "contains scenes that some viewers may find upsetting" as they say. I only watched the short version, and I think it captures something about what it's like to have BPD, but not the whole story. I don't have BPD myself—I'm comparing the film to the lives of people I've known who do. The 20-minute version is here: Being Ida There are links on that page to an interview and to the full-length version.

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For me having BPD translates most to instability. Im constantly questions my emotions and my reactions, my feelings on things and people change at the drop of a hat. I find myself with a lot of identity issues and have found that I am very easily influenced by those around me. The black and white thinking makes it hard to maintain any kind of relationship and the fear of abandonment has me swinging between irritatingly emotionally unavailable and Velcro levels of clingy.