A policeman pulls over a weaving, speeding car. The driver, crying uncontrollably, recounts a terrible break-up with a fiance, resulting in overindulgence in alcohol, and exclaiming wishes to commit ...

The term "borderline," used to describe Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), has entered the mainstream these days with television movie-of-the-weeks sensationalizing "borderlines" and making them ...

Some autistic women are misdiagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The two conditions can have overlapping symptoms, such as mood swings and instability in relationships. Autistic women ...

It wasn't until 5 years later when a different doctor suggested she might have autism instead. Conklin said the experience made her have greater empathy for people with autism and BPD. When she was 27 ...

A recent study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging sheds light on the neural differences related to identity instability traits in borderline personality disorder. By analyzing brain ...

BPD is a personality disorder marked by an unstable self-image and difficulty regulating emotions. Emotional outbursts and other BPD symptoms happen as a way of coping with extreme inner turmoil. With ...

"How can someone just decide you have a condition and then treat you as if you do?" she writes in a Reddit post Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for ...

New research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health offers a nuanced view of how narcissistic and borderline personality traits shape emotional responses to ...