Do I sound like I have Borderline personality disorder?
Posted by adminMar 31
i just did this personality test online just for fun and i know its probably not that accurate.
here are my results anyway:
-paranoid: low
-schizoid: moderate
-schizotypal: moderate
-antisocial: high
-borderline: very high
-histronic: high
-narcissistic: high
-avoidant: moderate
-dependent: moderate
-obsessive compulsive: moderate
i was curious so i looked up the symptoms of borderline personality disorder and i have
1) identity disturbance- i dont have a personality. i don’t know who i am.
2) impulsivity – in the past i was promiscuous, i started sleeping with older men when i was 14, i dont do that anymore but im a binge eater…… i’ll eat a whole tub of ice cream when im upset.
3)mood instability – im depressed one day and im happy the next day. i never know how im going to feel like.
4) inappropriate anger – i get angry for no reason. i’ll have temper tantrums if i don’t get my own way. ive broken so many things, my laptop, my dad’s cellphone, plates, photo frames, my sister’s toys, i also throw things at people. i curse at my mom and dad and my sister. i say the f word a 100 times a day.
5) chronic feelings of emptiness… not really. sometimes.
6) suicidial behavior – not now,when i was 14 i was in the hospital for a drug overdose, i also cut myself with scissors (just the one time). i would definitely choose to die if 1) my family didn’t feel sad and 2) it was painless.
7) unstable interpersonal relationships – ive never had a real bf. my longest relationship was a month. i’m 22 yrs old. i also fight a lot with my parents and my sister. i live wtih my parents.
i have no idea what this symptom means 
frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. i don’t mind being by myself. my dad works in a different city. so i never see him much. my mom works 9-5 too. im scared that one day im going to lose them…… i have nightmares about it.
do you think i should see a doctor? am i borderline?
7 comments
Comment by Aqua The Fox on 03/31/2010 at 8:15 pm
Dude.. It’s an internet quiz. It’s designed to ALWAYS give you an answer. And you just described all the symptoms of being an average late-teens-early-twenties human being in this day and age. It’s like pretending to be psychic–if you’re vague enough you’ll always hit the nail on the head. Everyone feels lonely, no one wants to be abandoned by their parents, and everyone has their ups and downs. And if you ask the average adult, I doubt they knew who they were at 22 either.
If you’re concerned, see a doctor. But don’t self-diagnose. Wanna know why doctors tell you not do to it? Cuz there’s a reason they had to go through YEARS of school to tell you whats wrong with you. If internet quizzes could diagnose personality disorders, we wouldn’t need therapists and psychologists.
Comment by Jennifer on 03/31/2010 at 8:33 pm
yes it sounds like you might have it. but your missing the main syptom!! the main thing that makes someone BPD is that they see the world in black in white. sure all the other things are important. but people with BPD are very insecure, and the moment something goes the slightest bit wrong, let’s say in a relationship, the start to HATE it, and lose control. then they usually feel awful and guilty for this, or for their anger outbursts, and that’s where the self harm comes in. then they feel so guilty and idolize the person who just yesterday they were mad at and beg for forgiveness even though they fee underserving. but they see everything in black in white, not just relationships, and the moment something doesnt go how they want it to they freak out and usually abandon it.
Comment by gardensallday on 03/31/2010 at 9:11 pm
abandonment issues are the central part of borderline – if you don’t have that problem, it probably isn’t borderline, is my understanding (even though the dsm has a list of things, it sounds like abandonment is the main issue). Also, another major issue is black and white thinking – either someone is on a pedestal, or they are the worst piece of crap imaginable. I think splitting is what that is called. It’s possible you have a personality disorder. Other possibilites are medication side effects, street drug or alcohol use, PTSD from sexual abuse or severe emotional abuse, including severe bullying, for example, bipolar disorder, depression, etc. given your current problems, you should be seeing a therapist, and possibly a psychiatrist – I would say a therapist first, since psychiatrists only prescribe pills nowadays, and usually they aren’t that helpful for the kinds of problems you have. If it turns out to be bipolar, the meds do help that more, but antidepressants have turned out to be glorified placebos except in severe depression, which they don’t even help that very much for most people, turns out.
Comment by MeAgain on 03/31/2010 at 9:48 pm
I have an adult child who does have borderline and some of the very important symptoms are missing.
Which is a very good thing for you.
I don’t think you need to see a doctor for borderline but, if you are having other symptoms that are causing you problems then I would. Just to put your mind at ease.
You might benefit from some talk therapy.
Comment by shaniggadamn on 03/31/2010 at 10:47 pm
yes you should see a doctor. for you eating disorder, self mutilation, and the fact that you slept with older guys. it seems that you have a feeling that you are inadequate to others. that’s why you do such low disrespectful things to yourself. depression basically. you should seek help and become the great person that you are! and its possible that u do all this unknowingly for attention from your family. and it seems that maybe you slept around because you dont really have a father figure or a role of a man in the house. so maybe you are getting attention in all the wrong places.
Comment by chels on 03/31/2010 at 11:01 pm
I thought i had it aswell, my psychologist told me i dont have it, if i did have it i wouldnt think i did, i would be saying i do not, im not like that, it could just be a chemical imbalance or something maybe depression? thats what it was for me anyway so idk
Comment by ! S_T_E_P_H_E_N ! on 03/31/2010 at 11:04 pm
i did the exact SAME Personality Disorder test and i got
High and Very High on almost everything but yeah you might have BPD