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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nobody knows what they mean.[/quote]
Thanks to MIL, I know Borderline very well now.  Never heard the term before 5 years ago.
Borderline people create a lot of chaos in the lives of people around them. That's why they're so frequently discussed in places like this.  If MIL were chill, I'd have nothing to write about. [/quote]
I believe your MIL creates chaos, sure. But the term for that isn't as "deep" and "complex" as BPD--she's just a pain in the ass. Really. Don't play armchair psychologist when she's just a PITA![/quote]
you obviously have not encountered a borderline person! [/quote]
NP. I don't give a flying fuck who you encountered. Unless you are a liscenced professional, keep your mouth shut, because every time you hand out a diagnosis, you sound stupid.[/quote]
I am a licensed professional. PP is more right than you are. [/quote]

As a licensed professional you would know that a well-reasoned diagnosis by an expert is critical. A true borderline needs years of specialized treatment. On-going. In all likelihood treatment for life. Success will require the active participation of spouses, SOs and other loved ones, who themselves need to have some form of therapeutic support.

An asshole, on the other hand, needs to get smacked in the head with a 2x4.

See the difference?[/quote]

NP here. Respectfully, I believe that a knowledgeable, intelligent and experienced person can determine whether an individual they have known for years is out of the range of normal, and what general category of mental illness they are suffering from.

My husband is a doctor and I'm a scientist. There have been times when I have correctly diagnosed illness in my children and not him. 
One of my children has complex special needs. As he grew, many specialists have told me different things about his diagnoses, and some of them were wrong when I knew all along what he had. Why? Because I live with him and have the advantage of years of observations. If you add painstaking research about his behaviors and my reading of the primary literature, then despite the fact that I cannot make him undergo a neuropsychological eval myself, I KNOW.

Nothing can replace a licensed psychologist for evaluating these kinds of disorders.
But nothing can replace the observations and witness of close family members. 
We need to work together, and it is insulting that you would think we are ignorant and wrong.

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