10 Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Symptom #4: Self-harm
A person with a borderline personality disorder is prone to self-harming. Suicidal behavior and deliberate self-harming are quite common among these patients. The patient finds himself/herself thinking about self-harming and suicide most of the time, making threats to act on these thoughts and even carrying out a suicide attempt.
Cutting and burning marks can be found on the bodies of these patients. It is of vital importance to recognize the presence of the symptoms of the borderline personality disorder before these patients engage in a suicidal attempt.
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