Borderline personality disorder
![Devaluation in Edvard Munch’s Salome (1903). Idealization and devaluation of others in personal relations is a highly specific trait in BPD (introduction and main text). The painter Edvard Munch depicted his new friend, the violinist Eva Mudocci, in both ways within days. First as “a woman seen by a man in love”, then as “a bloodthirsty and cannibalistic Salome”.[137] In modern times, Munch has been diagnosed by psychiatrists as having had BPD, including by an authority in the field, James F. Masterson.[138][139]](/uploads/202502/09/Edvard_Munch_-_Salomé2405.jpg)
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a pattern of abnormal behavior characterized by extreme fears of abandonment, unstable relationships with other people, sense of self, or emotions, feelings of emptiness, frequent dangerous behavior, and self-harm. Symptoms may be triggered by seemingly normal events. This pattern of behaviour typically begins by early adulthood, and occurs across a variety of situations . People with BPD often engage in idealization and devaluation of others, alternating between high positive regard and great disappointment. Substance abuse, depression, and eating disorders commonly co-exist with borderline personality disorder. About 6% die by suicide.