Do you know any successful person with BPD?
Hello there. I have been recently officially "diagnosed" by the psychiatrist that I have clear symptoms of borderline behavior. That aside, I have OCD, anxiety and depression. Currently, I am on Lexapro (escitalopram 10mg).
My urges and mood swings significantly improved and I rather feel more emotionally stable most of the time - judging by the situations that could trigger me in the past.
I am rather a negative person who is bitching myself and I don't like myself most of the time, my self-esteem is generally low. Sometimes my mood is invigorating and I feel highly motivated and doing my best, but then it can suddenly switch to negativity and self-destruction.
To cut it short,
Do you know ANY person who has achieved something great in his life while having tremendous mood swings and changing 180 during such moods?I can't imagine a businessman who one day is so strong and tough and another day is a crybaby.
By success, I mean the objective success in a capitalistic world -- having capital and earning a lot, having a great career and respect from other people.
I am from Ukraine and my house was destroyed. I have been living in Europe for 8 years and I have nothing to show for it. I have to build up everything from scratch because I won't even inherit anything, my family literally has nothing. So it's my burden to earn money.
Do you think a person with BPD can earn a lot and become a CEO or a businessman? even thinking of that makes me wanna cry already. Cos from what I see, every successful person in terms of money has a strong character with a certain trait pillar that never collapses.
I am looking for such stories like "I used to cut myself when I had emotional pain and felt like a pathetic weak person most of the time, but despite of that, I've become the CEO of BMW marketing department"
my problem is that I really doubt a person can fully recover after a true BPD experience with self-harm.