I have lived with and had all my ambitions and dreams dashed by BPD and this article is on point. As a victim of crime from the age of 8 - rather than criminalise the discourse around BPD which the media does on a regular basis - understand that BPD is not selfish or narcissistic. It’s intense emotional dsyregulation - and the person who pays for this is the person with the diagnosis as it makes work, relationships, creating security very difficult.