Are you a chameleon? If you have Borderline Personality Disorder chances are you might be. At the very least, this spirit animal has given you the superpower of blending-in. Individuals with BPD have no inherent sense of self: Washed away somewhere in childhood, peek inside the heart of a person with BPD, you’ll find nothing but emptiness. However, in this void, there’s enough space to fill the whole room. In fact, we’re so well-versed in this clever display of hollowed-out performance art we can fit into any environment. That is until the disguise just slips away.
This post is by Kevin Redmayne and you can carry on reading it here: https://medium.com/invisible-illness/the-chameleon-the-spirit-animal-of-borderline-personality-disorder-e8dc18847a87