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'''Borderline personality disorder''' ('''BPD'''), also known as '''emotionally unstable personality disorder''' ('''EUPD'''),<ref name="NICEGuidelines20092">{{cite book |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55415/ |title=Borderline personality disorder NICE Clinical Guidelines, No. 78 |date=2009 |publisher=British Psychological Society |access-date=11 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112031402/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK55415/ |archive-date=12 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> is a [[personality disorder]] characterized by a long-term pattern of intense and unstable [[interpersonal relationship]]s, distorted [[sense of self]], and strong [[Affect (psychology)|emotional]] reactions.<ref name="DSM53">{{harvnb|American Psychiatric Association|2013|pages=[https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/645 645, 663–6]}}</ref><ref name="NIH20163">{{cite web |title=Borderline Personality Disorder |url=http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322130612/http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml |archive-date=22 March 2016 |access-date=16 March 2016 |website=NIMH}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Chapman AL | title = Borderline personality disorder and emotion dysregulation | journal = Development and Psychopathology | volume = 31 | issue = 3 | pages = 1143–1156 | date = August 2019 | pmid = 31169118 | doi = 10.1017/S0954579419000658 | url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0954579419000658/type/journal_article | url-status = live | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | s2cid = 174813414 | access-date = 5 April 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201204232023/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/abs/borderline-personality-disorder-and-emotion-dysregulation/EA2CB1C041307A34392F49279C107987 | archive-date = 4 December 2020 }}</ref> Those affected often engage in [[self-harm]] and other dangerous behaviors, often due to their difficulty with returning their emotional level to a healthy or normal baseline.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bozzatello P, Rocca P, Baldassarri L, Bosia M, Bellino S | title = The Role of Trauma in Early Onset Borderline Personality Disorder: A Biopsychosocial Perspective | journal = Frontiers in Psychiatry | volume = 12 | pages = 721361 | date = 23 September 2021 | pmid = 34630181 | pmc = 8495240 | doi = 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.721361 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Cattane N, Rossi R, Lanfredi M, Cattaneo A | title = Borderline personality disorder and childhood trauma: exploring the affected biological systems and mechanisms | journal = BMC Psychiatry | volume = 17 | issue = 1 | pages = 221 | date = June 2017 | pmid = 28619017 | pmc = 5472954 | doi = 10.1186/s12888-017-1383-2 | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 2017 |title=Borderline Personality Disorder |url=https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/borderline-personality-disorder/index.shtml |access-date=25 February 2021 |publisher=The National Institute of Mental Health |quote=Other signs or symptoms may include: [...] Impulsive and often dangerous behaviors [...] Self-harming behavior [...]. Borderline personality disorder is also associated with a significantly higher rate of self-harm and suicidal behavior than the general public.}}</ref> They may also struggle with [[Dissociation (psychology)|dissociation]], a feeling of [[emptiness]], and a fear of [[Abandonment (emotional)|abandonment]].<ref name="NIH20163" />