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 | ||