“I found out days later that my previous therapist and my psychiatrist diagnosed me without letting me know.”

"Just providing a diagnosis without any information or support wasn't helpful."

"I have to ride the waves of my emotions all day."

"Everything about me could be written off as BPD and my feelings or emotions weren’t valid."

"There are times when I am still unaware of my own switching. "

"I only found out that I'd been diagnosed with BPD and STPD when I saw my GP for my driving permit."

"I heard the nurse say, 'Let’s get this mental case to sleep.'"

"I've unleashed horrible rants that can't be undone."

"When in crisis, I was often seen as ‘attention seeking’ and not taken as seriously."

"I say no to friends and no to romantic relationships."

"Relationships are difficult when you have certain conditions that are fighting against you."

"BPD makes me feel like I'm very hard to love."

"Social services decided we weren’t fit enough to be parents because of my mental illness."

"I didn’t choose to live with BPD, and I would get rid of it without batting an eyelid if I could."

"The therapist didn’t believe we had DID or autism and told us not to talk about it to anyone."

"We came from situations where we faced much stigma and discrimination because of our diagnoses."

"I was at my lowest and people wouldn’t treat me with respect. PD patients are a resource waste."

"BPD is an excuse for doctors not to take me seriously- and the legal system facilitates it."

"People have told their friends not to date me because I have schizophrenia."

"I couldn’t bring myself to leave the house- I cried on the doorstep for three hours."