Sentences with phrase «chronic fears of abandonment»

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For BPD to be diagnosed, at least five of the following signs and symptoms must be present: * Intense fears of abandonment * A pattern of unstable relationships * Unstable self - image * Impulsive and self - destructive behaviors * Suicidal behavior or self - injury * Wide mood swings * Chronic feelings of emptiness * Inappropriate anger * Periods of paranoia and loss of contact with reality A diagnosis of BPD is usually made in adults, not children or adolescents.

The four areas of functioning include Affect (chronic / major depression, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, anger, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, emptiness), Cognition (odd thinking, unusual perceptions, nondelusional paranoia, quasipsychosis), Impulse action patterns (substance abuse / dependence, sexual deviance, manipulative suicide gestures, other impulsive behaviors), and Interpersonal relationships (intolerance of aloneness, abandonment, engulfment, annihilation fears, counterdependency, stormy relationships, manipulativeness, dependency, devaluation, masochism / sadism, demandingness, entitlement).

The four areas of functioning include Affect (chronic / major depression, helplessness, hopelessness, worthlessness, guilt, anger, anxiety, loneliness, boredom, emptiness), Cognition (odd thinking, unusual perceptions, non-delusional paranoia, quasi-psychosis), Impulse action patterns (substance abuse / dependence, sexual deviance, manipulative suicide gestures, other impulsive behaviors), and Interpersonal relationships (intolerance of aloneness, abandonment, engulfment, annihilation fears, counter-dependency, stormy relationships, manipulative behaviours, dependency, devaluation, masochism / sadism, demandingness, entitlement).