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Borderline Personality Disorder Test

20 Questions
3 Minutes

Do you know someone with borderline personality disorder?

Individuals with borderline personality disorder struggle with relationships and emotional regulation. They may cling to those close to them and react with fury at the slightest sign that they are pulling away. Those with BPD may neither recognize or acknowledge it, but when they get help, the majority can stabilize their lives. Is someone you know living with BPD? This test can help you find out.

Using the key below, answer the questions based on how strongly you agree or disagree with the statement.

Strongly Disagree
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Neutral
Strongly Agree
Agree
1. This person often worries that someone close to them might abandon them.
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2. This person has intense episodes of anger or anxiety that can last hours or even days.
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3. This person can act impulsively when they are upset.
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4. This person often changes their long-term goals or career plans.
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5. This person stays loyal to anyone who has ever been close to them.
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6. Sometimes this person says they see themselves as bad or unworthy.
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7. This person can be hostile or aggressive.
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8. When this person worries about a relationship ending, they can take frantic action to avoid it.
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9. This person has said they feel misunderstood or mistreated.
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10. At times, this person’s anger and seems beyond their control.
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11. This person has had episodes when they have threatened self-harm or suicide.
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12. This person comes across as fundamentally the same, regardless of who they are dealing with.
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13. This person has episodes or paranoid thinking when they seem to lose touch with reality.
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14. This person alternates between idealizing and tearing down friends or partners.
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15. This person sometimes says they feel bored or empty.
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16. This person often has intense but unstable relationships.
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17. Their self-image seems to change rapidly and widely.
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18. This person is prone to episodes of reckless behavior involving sex, shopping, substance abuse, driving, or eating.
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19. This person often worries whether people close to them really care about them.
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20. This person’s mood can swing widely, from calm to highly irritable or anxious.
Disagree
Agree
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Who Is This Borderline Personality Disorder Test For?

This test is for anyone curious about borderline personality disorder, or concerned that they (or someone close to them) may be experiencing the condition.

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How to Get Help with Borderline Personality Disorder

If you are concerned that someone close to you has borderline personality disorder or that you might be living with it yourself, you can speak to a mental health professional about ways to address it. You can find a clinician in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory.

Sources

  • American Psychiatric Association. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition.
  • Borderline Personality Disorder Basic, Psychology Today.
  • Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis Dictionary entry, Psychology Today.