nd devaluation called spilitting. Another characteristic is identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable self-image or sense of self, acting impulsively in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating. They also have recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior, 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). They have chronic feelings of emptiness and express inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger such as frequent displays of temper, constant anger, and recurrent physical fights. They also have stress-related paranoid ideation or severe dissociative symptoms. Dissociation is "the state in which, on some level or another, one becomes somewhat removed from "reality," whether this is daydreaming, performing actions without being fully connected to their performance ("running on automatic"), or other, more disconnected actions. It is the opposite of "association" and involves the lack of association, usually of one's identity, with the rest of the world"("bpdcentral"). Therapists conclude that if a person has almost all of these characteristics, then you could properly diagnose a borderline personality disorder. These traits, however, must have existed for a long time and be persistent. People with bpd also have other concerns such as depression, eating disorder, and substance abuse.
             In most cases, borderline personality disorder has been difficult to diagnose. One of the reasons is the fact that it shares many characteristics with many other mental disorders. Not only that, but there is no "pure" bpd. Bpd always coexists with other illnesses such as post traumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, panic/anxiety disorders, substance abuse {54% of bp's h...