Addiction, Psychiatry and Mental Health

Borderline personality disorder is a mental health disorder that impacts the way you think and feel about yourself and others, causing problems functioning in everyday life. It includes a pattern of unstable intense relationships, distorted self-image, extreme emotions and impulsiveness. Borderline personality disorder usually begins by early adulthood. The condition seems to be worse in young adulthood and may gradually get better with age. Symptoms includes:

Feelings of dissociation

Difficulty in trusting

Intense anger

Chronic feelings of emptiness

Recurring thoughts of suicidal behaviors or threats

Self-harming behavior

Impulsive and often dangerous behaviors

Unstable self-image

Fear of abandonment