Naomie doesn't feel very good about herself. She says she only feels alive when she does dangerous and exciting things, including taking hallucinogenic drugs. She alternates between passionately loving and hating her boyfriend, but she also has casual sexual encounters with people she meets on hookup apps. When her boyfriend tells her she needs to get help or he's leaving, she threatens suicide. She often swings between periods of anger and periods of depression. What element in this description makes it more likely that Naomie has borderline personality disorder rather than another disorder?
A. Her sense of self and her interpersonal relationships are not stable.
B. The fact she doesn't feel very good about herself suggests that she has low self-esteem.
C. Although she has periods of depression, she doesn't show any manic behavior.
D. Any hallucinations she experiences are drug-induced rather than psychoses.
Answer: A
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