Are Baby Boom Moms more prone to BPD

[ijustwantpeace]

I noticed that is seems lots of people here are GenX or Millennials with Boomer parents.

Do you fee their is a link between the Baby Boom generation and what seems like a BPD epidemic?

[No-One]

I tend to think that it's more a matter of what generation is more apt to discuss BPD issues on a message board. GenX or Millennials are more likely to use social media and feel more comfortable with message boards.  Within older age groups, and within some cultures, mental illnesses aren't discussed.  Some families have the "family secret", in regard to a family member with BPD behaviors.

Some things to consider:

• BPD was not an official diagnosable disorder until 1980 when it was included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) for the first time.
• Within the collective boards, the majority of the people discussed have BPD Traits, and may not have received a diagnosis of BPD.
• Older Baby Boomers are less apt to have gotten treatment and/or therapy.  For a good part of their life, therapy wasn't common, few meds were available for various psychiatric disorders and many older meds for psychiatric disorders had more significant side effects.
• Since mental health issues can be genetic, many Boomers with BPD or BPD traits, grew up with a family member with mental illness.  The bad behaviors may have seemed "normal" to them (it was their "normal". 

[zachira]

I think as time goes on, it is just more acceptable to discuss problems with parents and family members. For most of history, most cultures, and even most families today, it is considered absolutely unacceptable to say anything negative about your family. One of the reasons I regularly participate on this site is there are many people here who truly understand what it is like to grow up with borderline family members. It is the one place, I can express my feelings about all the heartache I have endured by being mistreated by my family and how all this affects my life.