Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) — what it means

A Cluster B disorder defined by instability — in mood, self-image, relationships, and impulse control — along with frantic efforts to avoid abandonment and intense, reactive anger.

What it looks like

Your partner adores you on Monday, accuses you of never loving them on Wednesday, threatens to hurt themselves on Thursday, and is warm again on Friday. The whiplash isn't strategy — it's the disorder. It's also treatable.

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