extreme instability and unpredictability in behavior, a fe of being alone, manipulativeness in relatnships, impulsiveness, which we can see in promiscuous behavior or alcohol and drug abuse, d self-destructive, often self-mutilating behaviors. borderlines have a defective sense of identity and are ridden with angry feelings. lynda and kelly are in therapy with three other women who have also been diagnod they've all been in therapy bordefor a minimum of five years and have made enormous progress. spi of all been in therapy the dramatic impromes five years they've made in their lis, thr pain is still evident. it just feels so bad, and it feels so painful, but you don't really know what you're feeling because everything's all jumbled up. there's a ping-pong game in your head wh emotions. this group was started almost four years ago at theapital distric psychiatric center in albany. dr. marilyn gewacke was the director of the borderline outpatientrogram then. she is currently a psychologis private practice. she talks about the first me she encounred borderlines. they acted out likeo hegrp we