Borderline Personality Disorder Warning Signs Worksheet

Borderline personality disorder affects a person’s sense of self-worth and behavior. It also affects a person’s ability to regulate to their emotions, contributing to impulsivity and reactivity when stressed.

People who suffer from borderline personality disorder struggle with a poor sense of self-esteem and have a difficult time creating healthy relationships with others. Fears of abandonment and rejection can cause a person with untreated borderline personality disorder to act erratically and engage in self-destructive behaviors that hurt themselves and their loved ones.

About This Worksheet

Understanding borderline personality disorder can help clients in therapy learn healthy ways to cope with how the condition is affecting themselves or their relationships. Both people who have the condition or are in a relationship with someone who has borderline personality disorder can use the Borderline Personality Disorder Warning Signs worksheet.

The Borderline Personality Disorder Warning Signs worksheet provides a summary of the condition and common behaviors observed in someone with borderline personality disorder. It can be used with adults in individual and couples counseling.

Instructions

Begin by explaining what borderline personality disorder is and how it affects a person and relationships. Then, review the contents of the worksheet with the client.
Allow the client time to check the behaviors they have observed and complete the reflection questions. When they have completed the worksheet, review their responses with them. Ask reflection questions, like:

• “What warning signs stood out the most to you?”
• “What can we do in sessions to help you feel supported?”

You can use this worksheet as an introduction to helping a client or couple learn healthy communication and coping skills or as an aid for exploring what the client needs to healthily take care of themselves.

Download Borderline Personality Disorder Warning Signs Worksheet