borderline

At its core, BPD affects how a person thinks and feels about themselves and others enough to negatively impact their daily life and important relationships. Feelings are often intensely felt, even overwhelming at times. Other experiences may include:

• Panicked efforts to avoid abandonment (whether real or imaginary)
• A pattern of unsteady and intense relationships that vacillate between fondness and love (idealization) to dislike or anger (devaluation)
• A poor or unstable sense of self
• Impulsive and dangerous behaviors in at least two potentially harmful areas, like spending a lot of money or having unsafe sexual encounters
• Self-harm or suicidal behavior/threats
• Extreme mood shifts that typically last a few hours
• Feeling empty
• Anger control issues
• Feeling cut off from oneself or reality