Fear of Abandonment: Individuals may go to great lengths to avoid real or imagined abandonment, including initiating rapid relationships or, conversely, withdrawing to prevent potential rejection.

Unstable Relationships: Relationships are often intense and short-lived, with individuals oscillating between idealizing and devaluing their partners or friends.

Unclear or Shifting Self-Image: A distorted or unstable sense of self can lead to sudden changes in values, career goals, or types of friends.

Impulsive Behaviors: Engaging in risky activities such as reckless driving, substance abuse, binge eating, or overspending without considering the consequences.

Self-Harming Behaviors: Recurrent suicidal behaviors, gestures, threats, or self-mutilation are common.

Chronic Feelings of Emptiness: A persistent sense of void or emptiness can lead individuals to seek external validation or engage in thrill-seeking behaviors.

Intense Anger: Difficulty controlling anger, leading to frequent outbursts or physical confrontations.

Paranoia or Dissociation: Under stress, individuals may experience transient paranoid thoughts or feel detached from reality, as if observing themselves from outside their body.