Form: Borderline Symptom List, BSL-23

Borderline Symptom List, BSL-23
1 – Not at all
2 – A little
3 – Rather
4 – Much
5 – Very strong
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It was hard for me to concentrate.
2
I felt helpless.
3
I was absent-minded and unable to remember what I was actually doing.
4
I felt disgust.
5
I thought of hurting myself.
6
I didn't trust other people.
7
I didn't believe in my right to live.
8
I was lonely.
9
I experienced stressful inner tension.
10
I had images that I was very much afraid of.
11
I hated myself.
12
I wanted to punish myself.
13
I suffered from shame.
14
My mood rapidly cycled in terms of anxiety, anger, and depression.
15
I suffered from voices and noises from inside and/or outside my head.
16
Criticism had a devastating effect on me.
17
I felt vulnerable.
18
The idea of death had a certain fascination for me.
19
Everything seemed senseless to me.
20
I was afraid of losing control.
21
I felt disgusted by myself.
22
I felt as if I was far away from myself.
23
I felt worthless.