Possible Complications of Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline personality disorder would affect and reduce the quality of life. It might have many negative effects on your self-image, social activities, school, jobs, and relationships. Common complications include:
– Not completing your education
– Repeated job losses or changes
– Relationship problems, marital divorce or stress
– Multiple legal problems like jail time
– Self-injury like burning or cutting
– Completed or attempted suicide
– Sexually transmitted diseases, unplanned pregnancies, physical fights, or vehicle accidents
Borderline personality disorder is also linked to other mental health issues. These include anxiety disorder, depression, alcohol abuse, eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. [5]
