I'm wondering why are people with borderline personality disorder often drawn to "helping" professions?

I don't think it's : I don't think it's true. My guess is that they are represented in helping profession in a similar percentage to the existence in the population. I also think they would be less drawn to the helping professions.

Interesting, but not: It's common to have conflict in the area of separation-individuation, where many with borderline pd suffer intensely. Both helping professionals and bpd may have difficulties with personal boundaries. This is very different from having full bpd! some with bpd may gravitate to helping professions for closeness with others, when their own personal relationships are very anguished and challenging.