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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most research on the romantic relationships of people with personality disorders has focused on the difficulties these individuals face in their relationships. For example, studies have shown that ...

"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 ...

A woman says her in-laws have "armchair diagnosed" her with a borderline personality disorder — despite the fact that no doctor has told her she has one Her in-laws have begun attending a support ...

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 ...