Free self-assessments for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), attachment styles, and emotional regulation. Every score comes with the method behind it and the honest limits of what a 10-minute test can tell you.
Built on the 9 DSM-5 criteria for BPD
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A persistent worry about being left, rejected, or losing the people who matter.
Emotions that rise fast and shift within hours, often set off by stress or conflict.
Connections that swing between closeness and disappointment, sometimes quickly.
A sense of who you are that can feel unclear or shift with mood and context.
Acting in the moment, before a strong feeling has had time to pass.
A flat or hollow feeling that lingers even when things are going well.
20 prompts across five themes from the DSM-5 description of BPD. Private, instant summary.
Each of the nine DSM-5 criteria in plain language, with everyday examples and what to do next.
How mood timing, triggers and mania tell two often-confused conditions apart.
Guide · NIMH-sourced
Before starting, review what the educational checklist can and cannot tell you and how browser storage is used.
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Before starting, review what the educational checklist can and cannot tell you and how browser storage is used. Consult Online Doctors
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Choose how often each statement applied over the past three months across five equally represented themes.
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See your typical response in each theme without a diagnosis, probability, severity band, or clinical risk rating.
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Use source-backed education, professional-help information, or crisis resources according to your current needs.
Every prompt and guide traces back to published clinical sources. Here is what the checklist is built on.
The nine criteria clinicians use to diagnose BPD. Our 20 prompts map to five themes drawn from them.
The most-studied brief BPD screener, validated at McLean Hospital in 2003. Its research sets our honest limits.
Our explanations of symptoms, diagnosis and treatment follow the National Institute of Mental Health’s BPD guide.
A 10-year McLean study found most people with BPD reached lasting symptom remission. Hope belongs in every result.
We don’t give you a score, and here’s why. These are the published numbers for the best-studied BPD screener.
Put words to patterns you’ve noticed, privately, before deciding whether to talk to a professional.
Bring a clear summary of the past three months to your first conversation with a clinician.
Use our guides on the nine criteria, quiet BPD and DBT to understand your diagnosis and treatment.
Learn what BPD is and isn’t, and find support made for loved ones. The checklist is for self-reflection.
Three real options exist. Here’s honestly where each one sits.
| Factor | MYBPD Test | Free Ad-Supported Quizzes | In-Person Clinical Testing |
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Cost |
Free |
Free |
Varies; often covered by insurance |
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Time to results |
Instant |
Instant |
After one or more appointments |
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Gives a score or diagnosis |
No, a descriptive summary |
Often a score, rarely validated |
Yes, a formal diagnosis |
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Framework used |
DSM-5 criteria, cited sources |
Usually undisclosed |
DSM-5 clinical interview |
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Legal / clinical validity |
No |
No |
Yes |
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Best for |
Reflecting on patterns before seeing a professional |
Five minutes of curiosity |
Documentation & diagnosis |
NIMH Statistics
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No. An online checklist can help you notice patterns, but it can’t diagnose borderline personality disorder. A diagnosis comes from a licensed mental health professional after an in-depth conversation about your symptoms and your personal and family history.
The DSM-5 lists nine: fear of abandonment, unstable and intense relationships, an unstable sense of self, risky impulsive behavior, recurring self-harm or suicidal behavior, intense mood swings, chronic emptiness, intense anger, and stress-related paranoia or dissociation. A diagnosis needs at least five, as a long-term pattern. Read the full guide to the 9 symptoms.
Talk to a primary care provider or a licensed mental health professional, who can assess you properly. If you’re in crisis or thinking about suicide, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or contact Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741. In an emergency, call 911.
