borderline personality
Unstable identity disorder
Borderline personality is a psychological condition marked by intense emotional instability, turbulent relationships, and a fragile sense of self.
People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) often experience extreme fear of abandonment, impulsive behavior, and rapid mood shifts.
The term comes from an early view that the condition sat on the borderline between neurosis and psychosis.
She was diagnosed with borderline personality after years of unstable relationships and self-harm.
- unstableProne to sudden change
- splittingDividing into parts
- abandonmentAct of leaving permanently
- fear of abandonmentDread of being left behind
- intenseExtreme in degree
emotional · dysregulation · impulsive · emptiness · chronic emptiness · identity · attachment · volatile · mood · self-harm · idealization · love bombing · devaluation · relationships · walking on eggshells · fear · rage · chameleon
- disordersADHD, disorder, anxiety, dysfunction, autism
- Mental Disordersschizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, PTSD
- personality disordersOCPD, borderline, narcissistic, antisocial, histrionic
- forensic psychologyforensic evaluation, forensic interview, insanity plea, psychological assessment, legal insanity
- Disputed Diagnoseschronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, adrenal fatigue, Gulf War syndrome, sick building syndrome
borderline personalityemotional stability
Resilient, even-keeled temperament
equanimity · emotional resilience · even-tempered · unflappable · self-regulation
borderline personalitysecure attachment
Reliable caregiver-child emotional bond
border, bordered, bordering, borders, borderless, borderland, borderlands, liners, linear