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Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness marked by unstable moods, behavior, and relationships. In 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III) listed BPD as a diagnosable illness for the first time. Most psychiatrists and other mental health professionals use the DSM to diagnose mental illnesses.

Because some people with severe BPD have brief psychotic episodes, experts originally thought of this illness as atypical, or borderline, versions of other mental disorders. While mental health experts now generally agree that the name "borderline personality disorder" is misleading, a more accurate term does not exist yet.

Most people who have Borderline Personality Disorder suffer from:

  • They have unstable, intense relationships with other people, they have extreme in reactions that swing between glorifying the relationship and not valuing the relationship
  • There are frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment, desertion.
  • They experience an unstable since of self
  • They are impulsive in at least two areas that can be self damaging, as examples, spending, sexual relations, substance use
  • They have repeated suicide attempts, threats gestures or self mutilating behaviors.
  • They often Feel “empty”
  • They are angry in inappropriate ways, have a hard time controlling their anger, and may have recurrent physical fights.
  • Feelings of intense unhappiness, anxiety and irritability that can last from a few hours to a few days. Moods fluctuate . There is tendency to see things in Black or White

People with this Borderline Personality Disorder also have high rates of co-occurring disorders, such as depression, anxiety disorders, substance abuse, and eating disorders, along with self-harm, suicidal behaviors, and completed suicides. The individual’s also have a higher rate of being a victim of violence/ crime.

According to data from the National Institute of Mental Heath , Borderline Personality Disorder effect 1.6% of the population in any given year. About 75% of individuals diagnosed are BPP are women. There are no known cause for the disorder, However, scientists generally agree that genetic and environmental factors are likely to be involved.

Studies on twins with Borderline Personality Disorder suggest that the illness is strongly inherited. Another study shows that a person can inherit his or her temperament and specific personality traits, particularly impulsiveness and aggression.