Form: Five Factor Borderline Inventory, FFBI-SF

1 – Disagree strongly
2 – Disagree a little
3 – Neither agree nor disagree
4 – Agree a little
5 – Agree strongly
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2
3
4
5
1
I tend to be quite anxious.
2
I have had quite a few angry outbursts.
3
I sometimes feel worthless.
4
I can be so different with different people that it's like I'm not the same person.
5
I frequently have urges to do things that get me into trouble.
6
My emotions can spiral out of control.
7
Harming myself is one of the few ways I can tolerate my emotions.
8
I have felt that things were unreal and I was detached from life.
9
I am often distrustful of other people.
10
I sometimes do things I shouldn't to get people to do things I want or need.
11
I tend to get into lots of arguments.
12
I get into trouble because I don't think things through.
13
I worry a great deal.
14
My anger often feels out of control.
15
I have thought about ways to kill myself.
16
I can be so different with different people that I wonder who I am.
17
Sometimes I let myself get swept away by my urges.
18
I don't seem to have much control over how I feel.
19
I have threatened to commit suicide.
20
Sometimes I feel like I am no longer connected to my body.
21
It's really hard for me to trust people
22
Other people have called me manipulative.
23
I will make threats to get people to do things.
24
I tend to act quickly without thinking things through.
25
I worry a lot about people leaving me.
26
My anger at times gets the better of me.
27
I often feel sad.
28
I tend to feel like I don't belong with anyone.
29
When I am upset, I often do things that later cause me problems.
30
My mood shifts rapidly from one feeling to another.
31
Even minor setbacks can cause a great deal of drama in my life.
32
I sometimes feel like I am not real.
33
People are not as loyal to me as I wish they were.
34
I have been known to massage the truth to get my way.
35
I often get into arguments with people who are close to me.
36
Others have said that I do not think before I act.
37
I worry a lot about things that are out of my control.
38
My anger has at times gotten me into trouble.
39
I have thought about suicide since I was a teenager.
40
I often feel like an outcast.
41
I have done a lot of things impulsively that I later regret.
42
I have a difficult time controlling my mood.
43
I don't think I can continue to live like this
44
I sometimes feel that nothing is real.
45
I have not been able to trust some of my closest friends.
46
At times you have to be dishonest and manipulative to get what you need.
47
I am easy to get along with.
48
I've done some pretty bad things on impulse.

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