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

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

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions. If you’ve heard anything about it before, it was likely framed in extremes—overwhelming emotional ...

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.

Petulant borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a potential subtype of BPD. It involves mood changes and irritability. There is debate over subtypes of BPD. Petulant BPD is one of the four subtypes ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. “Borderline personality disorder” or BPD is a complex mental health condition ...

People with borderline personality disorder, like Emily Williams, experience discrimination and stigma when presenting to health services after self-harm or suicide attempts, according to a ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research ...

Season’s greetings to all our readers. As the Christmas festivities begin to wind down and many of us reflect on the days just passed, it is important to remember that the holidays, while joyful for ...

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

Brandon Marshall speaks out about his struggles with mental illness. Aug. 1, 2011 — -- Although he's been living out many boys' dream of playing in the NFL and obtaining all the luxuries that ...