Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe, complex illness that is marked by frequent mood changes, an unstable self-image and intense, unbalanced relationships.
While this is the basic description for BPD, the complexity of this disorder is extreme. There are nine possible criteria for diagnosing BPD, but an individual only needs to present five of the nine criteria in order to be diagnosed.
This means that there are a large number of possible variations of the disorder, indicating that each person’s experience is incredibly unique.
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