Which of the 'DSM-IV-TR criteria' fit you?
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1. Which symptoms of BPD do you have, or have had in the past?
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Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. [Not including suicidal or self-injuring behavior covered in Criterion 5]205
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A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation.215
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Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self.224
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Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., promiscuous sex, eating disorders, binge eating, substance abuse, reckless driving). [Again, not including suicidal or self-injuring behavior covered in Criterion 5]202
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Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, threats or self-injuring behavior such as cutting, interfering with the healing of scars (excoriation) or picking at oneself.208
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Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability or anxiety usually lasting a few hours and only rarely more than a few days).227
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Chronic feelings of emptiness, worthlessness.235
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Inappropriate anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights).188
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Transient, stress-related paranoid ideation, delusions or severe dissociative symptoms175
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