Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often considered one of the most misunderstood and stigmatized diagnoses a person can receive. Living with BPD can be an intense, sometimes painful experience, but is by no means guaranteed to be a hardship forever. Talking about BPD inherently involves talking about differential diagnosis, which is the process of distinguishing a diagnosis from others that may present with similar symptoms and have overlapping features. Differential diagnosis also involves ruling out (as much as possible) contextual, developmental, and chemical (substance) influences on symptoms.

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