unstable personality

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Characteristics of her diagnosed emotionally unstable personality disorder, including increased impulsivity, were also cited as a potential cause of her death.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 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

Dame Victoria added, while the 45-year-old had not been suffering from a serious mental illness at the time, "there was evidence of an emotionally unstable personality and... no doubt that she suffered emotional turmoil throughout".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

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

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