They may also struggle with dissociation, a feeling of emptiness, and a fear of abandonment. Those affected often engage in self-harm and other dangerous behaviors, often due to their difficulty with returning their emotional level to a healthy or normal baseline.
1.6% of people in a given year īorderline personality disorder ( BPD), also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder ( EUPD), is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of intense and unstable interpersonal relationships, distorted sense of self, and strong emotional reactions. Improves over time, typically after age 30 and some cases are in total remission by 40.
Unstable relationships, sense of self, and emotions impulsivity recurrent suicidal behavior and self-harm fear of abandonment chronic feelings of emptiness inappropriate anger feeling detached from reality (dissociation) īipolar disorder, attachment disorder, dissociative identity disorder, identity disorder, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, CPTSD, substance use disorders, ADHD, histrionic, narcissistic, or antisocial personality disorder Emotionally unstable personality disorder – impulsive or borderline type ĭespair by Edvard Munch (1894), who is presumed to have had borderline personality disorder.