What is borderline personality disorder?

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a mental disorder classified under Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders IV (DSM IV). A person with this mental disorder would have a tendency to:

 

See things in a polarised or “black and white” way. To such a person, things appear as either; right/wrong, friend/enemy, trustworthy/deceitful, success/failure, good/bad, while ignoring the middle ground. 

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