Nicole Has Difficulty Maintaining Relationships Because She Goes Back and Forth

question 104

Multiple Choice

Nicole has difficulty maintaining relationships because she goes back and forth from being a best friend to hating people in her life quite often. Her romantic relationships are always characterized by incredible loving passion alternating with episodes of horrible fighting, and sometimes she becomes violent. At times Nicole becomes so upset that she cuts herself and reports that this makes her feel better emotionally. Nicole suffers from personality disorder.

• A) dependent
• B) histrionic
• C) borderline
• D) narcissistic

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