unstable personality
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Bronwen, a Cardiff University nursing student, was diagnosed with a borderline personality disorder, or an emotionally unstable personality disorder, in 2019.
From BBC ● May 15, 2025
As with “Tickled,” Farrier’s latest begins like a human interest story and turns into something closer to a thriller, as the peculiarities of this unstable personality reveal themselves, often unnervingly.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2024
At the time of the attack it is not believed Lindley was experiencing psychosis, although a diagnosis of emotionally unstable personality disorder can cause pseudo hallucinations, the court heard.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023
Psychiatrists told jurors earlier he was not psychotic and diagnosed him with a unstable personality disorder.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2022
But in the ranks of the party itself a storm broke loose and I was branded a traitor, an unstable personality, and one whose faith had failed.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
