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Borderline Personality Disorder Test

Individuals with borderline personality disorder struggle to varying degrees with interpersonal relationships, self-image, and emotional regulation. They may cling to those who are close to them and react with fury at the slightest sign that they may be pulling away. Those with the condition may neither recognize or acknowledge it, but when they seek and get help, the majority are able to stabilize their lives. Is someone you know living with the disorder? Take this test to find out.

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1. This person often worries that someone close to them might abandon them.

DISAGREE AGREE

2. This person has intense episodes of anger or anxiety that can last hours or even days.

DISAGREE AGREE

3. This person can act impulsively when they are upset.

DISAGREE AGREE

4. This person often changes their long-term goals or career plans.

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5. This person stays loyal to anyone who has ever been close to them.

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6. Sometimes this person says they see themselves as bad or unworthy.

DISAGREE AGREE

7. This person can be hostile or aggressive.

DISAGREE AGREE

8. When this person worries about a relationship ending, they can take frantic action to avoid it.

DISAGREE AGREE

9. This person has said they feel misunderstood or mistreated.

DISAGREE AGREE

10. At times, this person’s anger and seems beyond their control.

DISAGREE AGREE

11. This person has had episodes when they have threatened self-harm or suicide.

DISAGREE AGREE

12. This person comes across as fundamentally the same, regardless of who they are dealing with.

DISAGREE AGREE

13. This person has episodes or paranoid thinking when they seem to lose touch with reality.

DISAGREE AGREE

14. This person alternates between idealizing and tearing down friends or partners.

DISAGREE AGREE

15. This person sometimes says they feel empty.

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16. This person often has intense but unstable relationships.

DISAGREE AGREE

17. Their self-image seems to change rapidly and widely.

DISAGREE AGREE

18. This person is prone to episodes of reckless behavior involving sex, shopping, substance abuse, driving, or eating.

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19. This person often worries whether people close to them really care about them.

DISAGREE AGREE

20. This person’s mood can swing widely, from calm to highly irritable or anxious.

DISAGREE AGREE