A classic communication theory, the double bind, may offer a unifying explanation for the paradoxes at the core of borderline ...

People with borderline personality disorder have a debilitating fear of real or perceived abandonment. Ironically, they often push people away.

People with the personality disorder have an extreme fear of being left. They use anger to protect from feeling fear, but it can lead to isolation.

Some people use the term “quiet borderline personality disorder” to describe cases of BPD where a person directs their symptoms inward rather than toward other people. However, it is not an officially ...

Learn what borderline personality disorder symptoms are through testimonies of people who have experienced them. The post How ...

"Have you ever been so obsessed with someone that your entire world revolves around them – even when they ignore or hurt you?" asked Professor Ahmed Hankir in a TikTok video. The psychiatrist explains ...

DBT is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that was first developed in the 1980s by psychologist Marsha Linehan, PhD, at the University of Washington in Seattle, according to the Association ...

Where mood disorders can cause temporary or fluctuating changes in mood, personality disorders cause symptoms that remain consistent over time and across a range of situations. For example, bipolar ...

A primary characteristic of borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the struggle to maintain consistent connections to others and to oneself. Indeed, two of the defining characteristics of BPD as ...