BPD Test
Reflect on emotional and relationship experiences
If you searched for a BPD test because emotions or relationships have felt difficult to understand, this reflection offers a structured place to begin. It asks about experiences you have noticed, how often they occur and what they interrupt. It does not decide whether you have borderline personality disorder.
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Preview the assessment questions▼
1. A small change in an interaction was followed by an emotional shift that felt much larger than I expected.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
2. When a close person was less available, I became preoccupied with the possibility that the relationship was ending.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
3. My view of who I am changed sharply depending on how I felt about a relationship.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
4. While distressed, I made a decision with consequences I would normally want more time to consider.
- Did not occur
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- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
5. I felt an inner emptiness even when there was something available to occupy me.
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- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
6. During strong interpersonal stress, I felt disconnected from myself, as if I were observing rather than participating.
- Did not occur
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- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
7. After an emotion rose quickly, it was difficult to return to my usual level of steadiness.
- Did not occur
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- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
8. A small sign of distance from someone close occupied my attention even after the immediate interaction ended.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
9. When distressed, my sense of what mattered to me became difficult to hold onto.
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- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
10. An urge to change how I felt led me to act before considering whether the action fit my longer-term needs.
- Did not occur
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- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
11. Time with other people did not readily ease a sense of being emotionally disconnected.
- Did not occur
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- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
12. When overwhelmed, my surroundings felt unfamiliar or unreal even though I knew where I was.
- Did not occur
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- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
13. Anger became hard to settle even after I wanted the interaction to calm down.
- Did not occur
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- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
14. My sense of closeness to an important person shifted quickly between feeling very connected and feeling deeply let down.
- Did not occur
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- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
15. My judgment of my own worth swung strongly after a difficult interaction.
- Did not occur
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- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
16. After acting quickly while upset, I had to deal with consequences that made the original difficulty harder.
- Did not occur
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- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
17. A sense of having little inner direction remained even when I was not in an immediate argument or crisis.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
18. During intense stress, I became unsure how to interpret other people’s intentions and found it hard to step back from that uncertainty.
- Did not occur
- Occasionally
- Sometimes
- Often
- Very often
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
19. How much did the emotional or interpersonal experiences you considered interfere with work, study or ordinary responsibilities during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
20. How much did those experiences interfere with relationships or contact you wanted during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
21. How much did those experiences interfere with looking after your everyday needs during the past month?
- No interference
- Small adjustments, but I could do what mattered
- Repeated difficulty doing what mattered
- Major changes or missed important activities
- I was unable to manage an important part of this area
- I am unsure
- I prefer not to answer
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