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Borderline personality disorder is one of the most insidious mental disorders and perhaps the second most stigmatized mental disorder after schizophrenia. Strong mood swings, a feeling of emptiness, fits of rage, suicidal behavior, difficulties in building long-term relationships, sound familiar? BPD is often diagnosed late or remains unrecognized due to other concomitant diseases (depression, anxiety disorder), it is difficult to differentiate from bipolar disorder type 2. At the same time, its incidence in the population is approximately 1% and this disease not only significantly reduces the quality of life, but sometimes completely disrupts the ability to work. Unfortunately, about 5-10% of people with BPD commit suicide. Unfortunately, such people are considered manipulators, but this is not true, and I will tell you why.