Borderline personality disorder

Ask your GP to refer you to either a psychiatrist or the community mental health team (which includes a psychiatrist).

They'll take a history, probably a few short questionnaire type things too. I *think* in Ireland that's the only way to get diagnosed, though I'm open to correction.

I would suggest don't do it. It is a discriminatory and stigmatising label. There is huge stigma in the medical field against people who have such a label of their records. DBT is the therapy that is offered for people who receive that so called diagnosis. DBT is highly problematic, therapists use a technique called removal of warmth, it is punitive. There is a good Facebook group called Stop Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, I would suggest joining it and reading the articles that are published. Watch/ read Dr James Davies work on the foundation of the DSM. Learn about Lucy Johnstone and Mary Boyle's Power Threat Meaning Framework. Read and follow the work of Dr Jessica Taylor. Look up Dr Jay Watts. I'm not invalidating your distress, I am invalidating that diagnosis. CPTSD is less stigmatising. "BPD" has become popularised through social media recently. A GP cannot diagnose what is called mental illness. Please look into the pros and cons of receiving such a diagnosis. Learn about the stigma that the medical field at large have against people who have such a misdiagnosis