Wow, your culture is so different!

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As I've been explaining Nada's BPD craziness to lawyers, social workers etc,

their first response is always how all of these traits are so foreign to them

because of the cultural differences (my FOO is from India).

It is SO frustrating to explain that most of these traits are a mental illness

and NONE of their Indian friends who came to America at the same time as them

(40 years ago) do anything similar. It takes some pretty extreme examples for

people to finally get that this is truly a mental illness and not just some

" weird cultural thing " they don't understand. It really sucks feeling like I

have to justify myself over and over again. Us KOs have so much doubt already, I

don't need that reflected in everyone I'm seeking help from!

Has anyone else experienced this?? How have you dealt with it??