53 questions
About 10 minutes
For adults

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Choose “True” if a statement applies to you and “False” if it does not; answer the last two questions “Yes” or “No”.

Question 1 of 53 I often have panic attacks.
True False
Question 2 of 53 Lately nothing has affected me emotionally.
True False
Question 3 of 53 I often wonder who I really am.
True False
Question 4 of 53 I often take risks that get me into trouble.
True False
Question 5 of 53 When other people give me a lot of attention, I feel smothered.
True False
Question 6 of 53 Sometimes another person who is not me comes out from inside me.
True False
Question 7 of 53 I have seen strange shapes or images that were not really there.
True False
Question 8 of 53 Sometimes I feel that the people and things around me are not real.
True False
Question 9 of 53 My feelings towards other people swing very quickly from one extreme to the other (for example, from love and admiration to hatred and disappointment).
True False
Question 10 of 53 I often feel worthless or hopeless.
True False
Question 11 of 53 I often squander my money or lose it gambling.
True False
Question 12 of 53 I have heard voices talking about me when there was actually nobody there.
True False
Question 13 of 53 If you answered 'true' to item 12, choose the statement that applies to you:
The voices came from outside me. The voices came from inside me.
Question 14 of 53 I always get hurt in close relationships.
True False
Question 15 of 53 I have felt or acted in ways that are not like me.
True False
Question 16 of 53 I have felt as if I were being controlled and steered from outside, like a puppet.
True False
Question 17 of 53 I have physically attacked someone.
True False
Question 18 of 53 I have felt as if other people could read my thoughts.
True False
Question 19 of 53 Sometimes I feel guilty as if I had done something wrong, even though I haven't.
True False
Question 20 of 53 I have deliberately harmed my own body.
True False
Question 21 of 53 Sometimes I get the feeling that people and things look different, although they have not really changed.
True False
Question 22 of 53 I have been intensely preoccupied with religion.
True False
Question 23 of 53 In romantic relationships I am mostly unsure what kind of relationship I want.
True False
Question 24 of 53 Sometimes I have special feelings about the future, like a fortune-teller.
True False
Question 25 of 53 As a relationship becomes closer, I feel trapped.
True False
Question 26 of 53 I have sensed another person's presence when nobody was actually there.
True False
Question 27 of 53 Sometimes my body, or part of it, seems strange or altered to me.
True False
Question 28 of 53 If a relationship gets too close, I usually feel the need to break it off.
True False
Question 29 of 53 Sometimes I get the feeling that someone is after me.
True False
Question 30 of 53 I often use drugs (such as cannabis or pills).
True False
Question 31 of 53 I like to keep other people under control.
True False
Question 32 of 53 Sometimes I feel that I am someone special.
True False
Question 33 of 53 Sometimes I feel as if I am falling apart.
True False
Question 34 of 53 Sometimes I find it hard to tell whether something is really happening or only in my imagination.
True False
Question 35 of 53 I often act on impulse without thinking about the consequences.
True False
Question 36 of 53 Sometimes I feel as though I am not real.
True False
Question 37 of 53 Sometimes I feel as if my body does not exist or part of it is missing.
True False
Question 38 of 53 I often have nightmares.
True False
Question 39 of 53 I often feel that other people are laughing at me or talking about me.
True False
Question 40 of 53 People often seem hostile to me.
True False
Question 41 of 53 I have felt that people were putting their own thoughts into my mind.
True False
Question 42 of 53 I often don't know what I really want.
True False
Question 43 of 53 I have attempted suicide in the past.
True False
Question 44 of 53 Sometimes I believe I have a serious illness.
True False
Question 45 of 53 I have a habit of using alcohol, drugs or pills.
True False
Question 46 of 53 Sometimes I feel as if I were living in a dream, or as if my life were passing before my eyes like a film.
True False
Question 47 of 53 I often steal things.
True False
Question 48 of 53 Sometimes I have such bouts of hunger that I eat everything in sight.
True False
Question 49 of 53 I often feel uncomfortable when asked questions about politics, religion or morality (good and evil).
True False
Question 50 of 53 Sometimes the thought of killing someone crosses my mind.
True False
Question 51 of 53 I have been in trouble with the law.
True False
Question 52 of 53 Did you have any of the experiences mentioned in the previous questions while under the influence of medication or drugs?
Yes No
Question 53 of 53 Did you have any of the experiences mentioned in the previous questions during psychotherapy?
Yes No

Your result

Total score

out of 51

0–15 Below the screening threshold
16–51 At or above the screening threshold

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Leichsenring F, 1999 (original scale); Turkish adaptation: Aydemir Ö et al., 2006.

This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.

About this test

The Borderline Personality Inventory asks about experiences linked to borderline personality organisation, such as an unstable sense of identity, primitive defences, fear of closeness and difficulty telling what is real. Marking the 53 statements true or false takes about 10 minutes. The result is a screening result; a diagnosis can only be made in a psychiatric assessment.

What happens next: Comprehensive psychiatric assessment, Psychotherapy

Score ranges of this test

0–15	Below the screening threshold
16–51	At or above the screening threshold

Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI) · Leichsenring F, 1999 (original scale); Turkish adaptation: Aydemir Ö et al., 2006.

This English version was translated by NPİSTANBUL from the Turkish form of the test; it has not been validated separately in English.

Borderline Personality Inventory (BPI)

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