How would you explain what borderline personality disorder is to someone who doesn’t have it?
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Someone once explained it to me as if a person with BPD is a bucket with a hole in the bottom.
They are constantly looking to fill their bucket, but can’t. Thus, from any experience they just feel whatever the last thing to leave the bucket was. They might have a day full of good things, but if it ends with one bad thing then the whole day feels bad. They could have all sorts of interactions with a person, but if that person leaves them feeling good, the person becomes a “good object.”
This also explains why spending time with borderline people can be quite draining: they attempt to fill their bucket from your full bucket, and no matter how fast you can replenish, they’re always in need of more.
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