BPD or Autism?

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"A woman was misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder. 5 years later, she found out she actually has autism."

BPD & autism can also be co-morbid.

A person doesn't have to have one or the other, they can have both.

^ This.

There is a lot of stigma around BPD, even in the medical profession.

The issue is as well, that if you place a person with Autism amongst a therapy group of BPD, they can unconsiously mimic their behaviours, they can mask to assimilate, which will then confuse the situation further. (Quoted from a discussion with my psych)
Also certain situations increase anxiety in individuals , which exacerbates a misunderstanding of behaviour.

Just a perspective given to me to mull over.

Let's see if I understand this...
● Masking is something an Autistic might do to be like the people around them.
● If the people around them are BPD then [/quote]

Im not sure if thats exactly what she meant...i cant decipher psych speak very well.

I think it was in relation to my situation, i was placed as a teen/young adult into a placement for a number of years. I had never mixed with people before and the only individuals i was surrounded by had complex needs. So she said it may have been subconsious and i didnt realise i was doing it. But she believed I adopted other behaviours to blend in..as soon as i was removed from the environment i had a miraculous recovery..

Not sure if this could apply to others too perhaps in less extreme way.

I mean to a lesser extent, if your in a room of people and want to fit in and not stand out i would always observe the topics and their interactions before i then attempted it to try and get a positive outcome.

This is obviously one scenario.

It can be comorbid. But everyone is individual and unique, so its just another possibilty. Some comorbid, some misdiagnosed

https://embrace-autism.com/its-not-bpd- ... d_with_BPD

Love the misdiagnosis monday diagram.

I recall when trying to figure out what the hell was wrong with me I looked at BPD, Schizoid, and various others and thinking , 'nope, not that'.

Unfortunately, most psychologists are thrashing about. People with BPD are the real experts on BPD, and autistics are the real experts on autism. Always look closer at your diagnosis and talk to others, the real experts.

I was once told by this psychiatrist that since I'm nothing like their 15 year old son with Asperger's (I was 25 at the time) that I don't have autism and that while I may have been autistic as a child I no longer am. I have borderline personality disorder now.

All because I told him I was offended he said my autism was a "disease". He also told me I needed to go on Abilify and would have me committed to a psychiatric institution where they would "make you take it". I told him where to stick it and left. I wasn't neither suicidal or homicidal and he could not legally do that so I just get up and leave. He proceeds to have an adult temper tantrum.

One of my friends who I think honestly is autistic but lives in a country that really discriminates against autistic people (according to her) says she has this. She also thinks I do because I call her out when she's invalidating my experiences or gaslighting me. No Honey, I just have boundaries and DO NOT tolerate them being crossed and you don't like to be called out.

I've noticed it seems to be common for adult women who really are autistic to get misdiagnosed with this by so-called "professionals" who don't know what they're doing when they actually have autism.

^ There are both good and bad specialists in the medical profession, and good and bad psychiatrists.

I am sorry you had a bad experience.

BPD is just a condition invented by the psychiatric industry it exists only on paper unlike autism.

There are no separate categories rather autism is an umbrella condition of different impairments that span multiple areas.

There are no solid walls separating things