This is a one-page paper describing a person with this disorder. A person with a borderline personality disorder generally experiences a continual pattern of dissolution and distress in self-image, mood, behavior and close personal relationships. This can cause vital torment or impairment in friendships and work. A person with this disorder can often be promising and intelligent, and appear warm, amiable and good. People diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorders, sometimes can maintain this appearance for a number of years until their defense structure crumbles, generally around a stressful condition like the breakup of a romantic relationship or the death of a parent.