BORDERLINE PERSONALI TY 51 E. There have been no recent reports of occurrences of suicidal gestures, threats, or self-mutilating behavior. 6. Feelings of Emptiness (6) A. The client reported a chronic history of feeling empty and bored with life. B. The client's frequent complaints of feeling bored and that life had no meaning had alienated him/her from others. C. The client has not complained recently about feeling empty or bored, but appears to be more challenged and at peace with life. 7. Intense Anger Eruptions (7) A. The client frequent ly has eruptions of intense and inappropriate anger triggered by seemingly insignificant stressors. B. The client seems to live in a state of chronic anger and displeasure with others. C. The client's eruptions of intense and inappropriate anger have dim inished in their frequency and intensity. D. The client reported that there have been no incidents of recent eruptions of anger. 8. Feels Others Are Unfair (8) A. The client made frequent complaints about the unfair treatment he/she believes that others have given him/her. B. The client frequently verbalized distrust of others and questioned their motives. C. The client has demonstrated increased trust of others and has not complained about unfair treatment from them recently. 9. Black-or-White Thinki ng (9) A. The client demonstrated a pattern of analyzing issues in simple terms of right or wrong, black or white, trustworthy versus deceitful, without regard for extenuating circumstances before considering the complexity of the situations. B. The clie nt's black-or-white thinking has caused him/her to be quite judgmental of others. C. The client finds it difficult to consider the complexity of situations, but prefers to think in simple terms of right versus wrong. D. The client has shown some progress in allowing for the complexity of some situations and extenuating circumstances, which might contribute to some other people's actions. 10. Abandonment Fears (10) A. The client described a history of becoming very anxious whenever there is any hint of abandonment present in an established relationship. B. The client's hypersensitivity to abandonment has caused him/her to place excessive demands of loyalty and proof of commitment on relationships. C. The client has begun to acknowledge his/her fear of ab andonment as being excessive and irrational. D. Conflicts within a relationship have been reported by the client, but he/she has not automatically assumed that abandonment will be the result. 