I've read up a lot about how a lot of bpd folks go through alcohol abuse or cutting or various suicidal behaviors. First, I'm allergic to alcohol so I don't drink it, period. Second, I have never done anything such as cutting or physically hurting myself in any way. Maybe I'm just afraid of the physical pain? 


Regardless of never doing those things, I have every other symptom listed. Intense relationships/conversations with everyone, extreme fear of abandonment, splitting from people from imagined abandonment, impulsive behaviors such as overspending/having many sexual partners (well not so much with this one anymore), very unstable self-image (I still don't know who I am and don't know if I ever will), and highly changeable moods.


I'm actually well-known for the whole idealizing someone one moment and then hating them the next, rinse and repeat. Luckily some of my friends are aware of this and they accept me regardless since I don't exactly act on the negative feelings. Usually I just withdraw when I'm feeling very negatively(irrationally) towards a person, but I come back when my mind is being rational.