Hi @BPDSurvivor 

Thanks for your response. 

I think it is very important to let people know there is hope. I remember the times when I felt all was lost for me. Hope keeps people going. 

I'm grateful for my diagnosis, it has helped me find the right kind of help. 

Part of the problem with the stigma around all mental health is because when people go to find info on any mental health disorder they find a list of signs and symptoms, but not information about how people with these conditions can live good quality lives. (All lives are valuable). Paired with a history of 'insane asylums' where people with mental health conditions were often and usually locked away from the general community, segregated and unknown, left to rot. Also popular culture, media, books, movies etc using mental health conditions as tools in stories to explain evil acts. Correlating mental health with evil has always been a source of stigma.

Language that is often used in everyday life around mental health labels can only change when there is legislation to force change and that legislation is enforced. 

regards