You could be right.
I just found it too much of a coincidence that so much detail had been used of common family backgrounds of BP:s as well as the comments of Dr Parella that digged down to the real issues. My personal experience of BP:s affect this as well. Even without the cutting-theme I would have felt the same about my conclusions.
You put the finger on the main ingredient in BPD with "The loneliness eat away at you until it turns to pain and if you're not the kind of person to actually act out your emotions, or have too much emotions to act it all out, you might end up cutting yourself. I would guess that was the cause for the cutting." However, then it is more an issue of emptiness than loneliness and the strong feelings are often over-dimensioned and not in proportion to the trigger (nor calibrated to reality).
I also see a problem with the focus on one of the symptoms, i.e. self-injury and namely cutting, as that not only moves the problem from the underlying real issues but also makes it an gender-issue which makes it harder to fully understand the dilemma. Yes, it is - probably - true that, assuming that BPD is the common cause of this, women are more likely to inflict injury to themselves by cutting. However, that does not mean that men with a similar diagnosis feel better but only that they might symptomize it differently, e.g. with directing their strong feelings towards others with acts of violence. Then again, this is not too common with female BP:s as well.
You are probably right though that there are many other causes for self-injury but based upon what I have learnt about the issue I am confident it is often related to BPD.
I feel this could expand infinitely so I will end now. My main point was just to bring up the potential correlation to borderline personality disorder for people experiencing the same problems, themselves or as close-ones, as featured in the movie.
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