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Table. 3.

Table. 3.

Similarities and differences between complex posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline personality disorder

Complex posttraumatic stress disorder symptom Borderline personality disorder symptom
Similarities Emotional dysregulation
Negative self-perception
Impairment of relationship
Serious relational problem in both
Differences Negative self-perception Self-awareness is much more unstable
Chronic guilt, feeling worthlessness, fear of getting close and avoding relationships Fragmented feeling of self
Obsession with relationships that appears when intense hostility disappears, breaking off relationships for fear of abandonment
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