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The thing is, I see myself as more than a diagnosis. I just also view it as a medical condition requiring treatment to help my situation. My girlfriend can attest to the fact that I've been learning and coping fairly well for someone who hasn't even done DBT yet. In fact, I'm further ahead of some folks already in therapy, so I'm clearly working pretty hard on it. I'm way better than I was 3 years ago, which is a success in itself.
The only contexts where I worry about BPD being possibly used against me is in hospitals and by certain family members. They could blame the unstable person with an illness instead of listening to any points I have about being horrifically traumatised.
I genuinely got traumatised so badly that I developed a severe form of OCD rendering me incapable of working. My BPD is a pain in the ass, but the OCD legitimately mentally cripples me to the point of being on welfare and disability tax benefits.