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BPD Screening

⏱ 8 minutes 📋 15 questions 🔒 Private & anonymous

Explore traits associated with Borderline Personality Disorder — emotional intensity, identity and relationship patterns.

Adapted from the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD), developed by Zanarini et al. (2003), and the Zanarini Rating Scale for BPD (ZAN-BPD).

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The following statements describe experiences that some people have. Rate how much each statement applies to you generally — not just how you feel right now.

Please answer all questions before submitting.

Question 1

I experience intense emotional swings — feeling great one moment and very low the next

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 2

My feelings about other people can shift suddenly and dramatically

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 3

I am terrified of being abandoned or left alone by people I care about

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 4

I tend to see people as either completely good or completely bad, with no in-between

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 5

I have an unstable or unclear sense of who I am

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 6

I sometimes do impulsive things that could hurt me, such as spending, substance use, reckless driving or unsafe sex

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 7

I have had thoughts of self-harm or have harmed myself

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 8

I feel empty inside much of the time

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 9

I have intense and inappropriate anger that I struggle to control

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 10

When I am very stressed, I sometimes feel that I am not real, or that things around me are not real

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 11

I have a history of intense, unstable relationships that alternate between idealising and devaluing people

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 12

I often feel misunderstood or like no one really knows the real me

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 13

I make frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 14

My sense of self changes significantly depending on who I am with

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Question 15

My emotions feel more intense than other people's seem to be

Not at all like me Slightly like me Somewhat like me Mostly like me Very much like me

Answer all 15 questions to see your results