While this symptom can be the most confusing and complicated, it is also the rarest of all the main BPD symptoms. People will often link
Category: Symptoms
This is something you might be asking if you think you have BPD or have noticed some changes in a friend, partner or family member that you can’t quite explain. In truth, there are far too many symptoms of BPD to name them all here, but we do at least know the main ones and you often find all the others somehow fit into those main categories of symptoms.
The 9 main symptoms are…
1. Fear of Abandonment
2. Unstable Relationships
3. Unclear or Shifting Self-Image
4. Impulsive, Self-Destructive Behaviour
5. Self-harm
6. Extreme Emotional Swings
7. Chronic Feelings of Emptiness
8. Explosive Anger
9. Feeling Suspicious or Out of Touch With Reality
To be at least initially diagnosed for BPD you need to show signs of at least 5 of those symptoms. Some may be mild, some you might not have at all and some of them can even be attributed to a determination of physical health as well as mental health. You can learn all about those main 9 symptoms and many others in the posts below.
By far this is one of the most dangerous symptoms of BPD and one that causes those of us who suffer from it the most
This symptom doesn’t have anything to do with food, it is more about feeling emotionally empty. In short, you have a lack of meaning or
For me personally, the symptom of ‘Emotional Swings’ is one of the most exhausting and hardest parts of having BPD. But you might be thinking
While you might think being “Impulsive” is not necessarily a bad thing, it has to be put into the context of its terms when
While this symptom might sound quite lame and not that troublesome it is often way more complicated than you might think. In fact, this is
You could argue that many people without BPD have unstable relationships and its nothing more than yourself trying to find the right ‘One’ or growing
Also known as ‘affective dysregulation’ emotional instability, it is the main symptom of EUPD which stands for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, but it is also
Also known as ‘perceptual distortions’ is not just one symptom, but lots of different Symptoms all housed under one name. The term was coined in
If I’m honest with you this symptom is much worse than you might think. You might think a simple fear of abandonment wouldn’t interrupt your