I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 2001. It was only recently I told my employer that I have a mental health condition, and I did it by talking on film about what it means for me, as part of a big 12 month campaign to lessen the stigma and culture of silence (I'm in banking, where silence rules).
I've also started a blog where I talk about BPD, diagnosis, anorexia, self harm, abusive relationships and medication (amongst other things), and I'd love for some of you to have a read - I hope my honesty might be reassuring to at least one person.
The blog is at whitepariah.blogspot.com
I find it much easier to talk about it through writing, so I hope that someone is able to find comfort in what I write about.
I rarely post here, because there's just such a huge amount of background info to share, so despite not really caring about telling even a stranger my life story I've not posted it online before.