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Borderline Personality Disorder Of all the disorders that could be written about I though that Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) seemed the most compelling. People that I have read about, who suffer with this disorder seem on one hand, charismatic, exciting, life of the party types and on the other hand they seem needy, lonely, unstable, moody, and empty. Though I am greatly simplifying a very complex disorder, it is like they are beautiful toys. That only comes to life when someone interacts with them. It was written that Marilyn Monroe (who was believed to suffer with BPD) hate being alone. "Without people constantly around her, she would fall into avoid, endless and terrifying." (Kreisman, MD & Straus, 1991, p. 40) By doing this research I hope to gain a little better understanding of such a complex and torturous disorder. Definition of Disorder The first question that would need to be asked and answered is, what is Borderline Personality Disorder? Later in this paper I will list the symptoms, but first I am going to give my sense of what it is like to suffer with this disorder. From the readings I got the impression that suffering with this disorder, a person lives a very intense, emotional, moody