I have just finished watching a special on tv about kids with ocd. They were followed by a tv reporter for a year. The 3 kids they followed were in intense therapy and pretty much going through hell. It was a very good report and it made me think the following about being diagnosed with BPD at 34. When you are older and get diagnosed with a mental illness i believe it is not the same as when you are still at home under the legal age, i see it differently, when you hear about a child with a mental illness, you feel sorry for them, you tend to want to help them. The whole family (not in every situation I know) participates in the therapy. But when you are diagnosed with a mental illness at the age of 34 it's not exactly the same. People don't look at you as they would a child. A lot of people look at you as if you are crazy or mostly since you are an adult they look at you as if you SHOULD know better, because you are an adult afterall, you should be responsible and know better and do better but it is very similar for me it seems as with a child except i lived with this the most of my adult life suffering without knowing what i had. I also need the same type of help, support and therapy as a child would but that is not always the case. Their seems to be more judgment and it seems harder for people to understand and not to get angry since peole have a hard time letting go of the fact that i am struggling just as much even though i am an adult and should know better.
This is of course my opinion...please be patient with us and don't give up on us :0)
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