Symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder by Matt

The major symptoms of this disorder often revolve around :
· Unstable relationships,
· Poor or negative sense of self,
· Inconsistent moods
· Significant impulsivity.

Other symptoms include:
· An intense fear of abandonment with this disorder that interferes with many aspects if the individual's life.
· Many times they are clingy to others, are very needy, feel helpless, and become overly involved and immediately attached to people.
· They will often push others out of their life as if trying to avoid getting rejected when the fear of abandonment becomes overwhelming.
· The individual will attempt everything that they can to bring people back into their life and they then become clingy, needy and helpless again thus continuing the cycle they’ve started.
· When people leave a person who shows these behaviors it proves that their distorted belief of being insignificant, worthless, and unloved is true.
· After this point the person might show signs of self-harming behaviors such as cutting, self-mutilation, talking about suicide, and attempting suicide.
· Sudden and intense anger directed at both the self and others is also a large symptom of the disorder and a difficulty to control these destructive behaviors.