borderline personality disorder is an often misunderstood and stigmatized diagnosis now the signs and symptoms while they can vary from person to person are as follows number one we can make a frantic effort to avoid real or imagined abandonment second symptom is we can have a pattern of intense and unstable friendships and relationships symptom number three is we have an unhealthy idealization of people or ideas which can lead to what is known as the favorite person symptom number four is we have a constantly shifting self-image and identity symptom number five we can have suicidal Behavior such
as self-harm or threatening suicide when faced with rejection number six intense mood swings that can last minutes to hours sign number seven is we have chronic feelings of emptiness and sign number eight we have inappropriate intense anger and finally sign number nine we can have bouts of stress related paranoid ideation