***Frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. ***A pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships stamped by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation ***Identity disturbance: markedly and persistently unstable sense of self. ***Impulsivity in at least two areas that are potentially self-damaging (e.g., spending, sex, substance abuse, reckless driving, binge eating) ***Recurrent suicidal behavior, gestures, or threats, or self-mutilating behavior ***Affective instability due to a marked reactivity of mood (e.g., intense episodic dysphoria, irritability, or anxiety usually lasting a few hours or weeks) ***Inappropriate, intense anger or difficulty controlling anger (e.g., frequent displays of temper, constant anger, recurrent physical fights)
