Ah, okay, so you're suggesting broadening the scope of the BPD diagnosis? I could get behind that, even though the term "borderline" has been pretty much completely deformed by the layman's vocabulary... Much like "OCD", "schizophrenic" and whatnot.
No, I am not. I am saying they are trying to include now some HPD diagnoses as borderline, but this is only okay if they're doing it with people diagnosed with HPD are actually showing more like psychotic or borderline symptoms. This would many the more "minor cases" would be dismissed entirely, which is the only positive thing I see about it.
Also, I admit I have a lot of reservations concerning the etymology of HPD - it comes from "hysteria", which in turn comes from hysteros, or uterus... :/
Yes, which is why I think it's sexist, and why it would be so applicable to men usually if they are more feminine acting or cross-dressing gay men, or very emotionally expressive men who have a theatrical flair.
It's essentially judging women for being openly sexual (which is where hysteria comes from originally, in Victorian times vibrators were prescribed to prevent so-called "hysteria") and also for being emotionally expressive, or - surprise!- modeling themselves externally to what society says is beautiful or sexy, because they're taught that this is what women are supposed to be.
I'm interested in the take that some people have on personality disorders, in general, that different temperaments or personality types are being judged for not fitting a particular "norm" that is seen as average, OR that this behavior is unhealthy, but should not be treated by medication.
However, I am not of the opinion that medication should be done away with entirely, because I really don't think there's anything romantic about Sylvia Plath sticking her head in an oven at thirty, or a brilliant, captivating woman like Zelda Fitzgerald spending the latter half of her life in and out of mental institutions (where incidentally she did most of her later writing and all of her best art) ...OBVIOUSLY MEDICATION IS HELPING SOME PEOPLE LIVE LONGER, MORE PRODUCTIVE, MORE SATISFYING LIVES.
But I don't think everyone should be medicated, and I'm skeptical, of course, about ADHD and medicating children.
Natural methods are good (like melatonin for sleep, or something I've found called "nerve tonic" which is megadoses of minerals and so forth your brain and nervous system need...) and a famous psychiatrist suggested mega doses of vitamin B and other supplements ALONG WITH CLOZAPINE for treatment of schizophrenia. But we cannot eliminate medication entirely, I think that's a terrible suggestion.