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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly suspect my 7th grade DD’s former friend has BPD or is on her way to a diagnosis. I’ve been trying to put my finger on the word for her behavior towards my daughter all year and keep coming up with gaslighting. But thanks to this thread and going down a wormhole about personality disorders, it’s startling how BPD is a near perfect description.

Just need to get through the rest of this week.[/quote]
Personality disorders cannot be diagnosed under 18 FYI.[/quote]
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Just because they can't be diagnosed [/b]doesn't mean that the traits aren't there. It could be anything I suppose, but I'm just saying when I look at the symptoms of BPD and I review what I know about the friend, it's spot on. I knew nothing about BPD until this thread.

I don't know her parents and I have no insight into what diagnoses she has, officially or otherwise. It's just helpful for me to put a name on it in my mind, since "she's bat$hit crazy" is neither productive nor kind. The things I would normally suggest when there's friend drama at school don't work when the friend isn't rational.

I know CPS has visited the home a few times this year based on reports from the school (because the friend would force DD to hide in the bathroom with her whenever she saw someone in the hall whom she thought MIGHT be CPS.) DD stopped her from hurting herself on a near daily basis in school, and when she told DD she was having suicidal thoughts and DD went to a counselor, she screamed at DD for 10 mins in front of a crowd of students and slapped her. She now tells my DD that she doesn't understand why DD doesn't want to hang out anymore. She tells DD every day that DD looks sad and needs help and she's there for her if she wants to talk.

They've been in school in person all year, trapped in the same room, and I'm just glad it's almost over.[/quote]
They CAN be diagnosed under 18. PP is incorrect. [/quote]

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