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Originally Posted by sc_rufctr
So someone could have this and yet a lot of people who know them would never know because they appear normal or well adjusted.
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Depends on who's looking at them. Outsiders? Yes. But family members / friends often know something is up because the illness dramatically impacts relationships. For example, my ex's entire family had, at one point or another, been estranged from her due to her constant lying.
And BPD is really tough to diagnose properly. I dated a girl who was a therapist and she told me her practice typically will perform assessments by multiple colleagues because of their ability to manipulate people. Funny thing is she was married to a borderline herself. We had lots of war stories to share.