{"id":387,"date":"2016-09-06T18:16:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T18:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innerchange.com\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2024-03-07T12:41:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T19:41:16","slug":"borderline-personality-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innerchange.com\/mental-health-education\/issues\/borderline-personality-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Borderline Personality Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teen borderline personality disorder is a debilitating mental illness. It is characterized by unstable relationships, emotional dysregulation, self-harm, sexual promiscuity, and impulsive, risk-taking behavior. Individuals with borderline personality disorder often have an intense fear of separation or abandonment and frantically try to avoid abandonment. Extremely sensitive to social and environmental situations, people with BPD may react with rage if their expectations for an event aren’t met. They may also cause significant conflict in relationships. For example, someone with borderline personality disorder may idealize a parent or friend one day and devalue them the next.<\/p>\n

Those who suffer from BPD are usually impulsive and engage in risky behavior, such as promiscuity, gambling, substance abuse, binge eating, reckless driving or spending money irresponsibly. They may also be suicidal<\/a> and may make several threats or attempts of suicide. They commonly are engaged in self harming behaviors. Their relationships are typically unstable and volatile.<\/p>\n

3 Important Facts<\/h2>\n