There are nine criteria symptoms of BPD. To be diagnosed with BPD, you must display at least five of the following symptoms: viewing relationships in extremes (e.g., everything is either all good or all bad); challenges controlling anger; frequent mood changes (i.e., periods of intense anger, depression, or anxiety); recurrent suicidal ideation; chronic feelings of emptiness; acting impulsively in at least two ways that could be potentially harmful (e.g., spending money, substance use, reckless driving, or binge eating); paranoia or dissociation, which is often brief and related to times of extreme stress; a lack of sense of self (e.g., a dramatic shift in big life aspects such as your career, life goals, or values); fear of abandonment