Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is characterized by intense emotional states and difficulties in regulating emotions. Individuals with BPD often experience exaggerated feelings, such as feeling rage instead of annoyance and despair instead of sadness. The condition leads to impulsive behaviors and unstable interpersonal relationships, marked by alternating idealization and devaluation of others. A more accurate term proposed for this disorder is emotionally unstable personality disorder, reflecting the inability to modulate intense affective responses.