/dark-mirror-index/borderline · axis page
How borderline are you compared to everyone else?
Among 3,155 takers the median borderline score is 5; 78% sit at baseline and 1% score high. 7% have it as their highest axis.
Pick a score
45
A borderline score of 45 is higher than 98% of 3,155 takers, the top 2%. 33 people scored exactly this.
The axis is shaping choices.
That was a score you picked. Twenty scenarios, seven minutes, and the Index reads your real one on every axis.
Get your real oneThe ladder
Every row is a permalink (#score-60): a borderline score of 60 is higher than 99% of takers.
| Score | Band | Takers | Higher than |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | High | 0 | 99% |
| 95 | High | 0 | 99% |
| 90 | High | 0 | 99% |
| 85 | High | 0 | 99% |
| 80 | High | 3 | 99% |
| 75 | High | 1 | 99% |
| 70 | High | 2 | 99% |
| 65 | High | 3 | 99% |
| 60 | High | 11 | 99% |
| 55 | Pronounced | 8 | 99% |
| 50 | Pronounced | 28 | 99% |
| 45 | Pronounced | 33 | 98% |
| 40 | Pronounced | 53 | 96% |
| 35 | Traits | 89 | 94% |
| 30 | Traits | 122 | 91% |
| 25 | Traits | 137 | 87% |
| 20 | Traits | 215 | 81% |
| 15 | Baseline | 317 | 73% |
| 10 | Baseline | 497 | 60% |
| 5 | Baseline | 752 | 40% |
| 0 | Baseline | 884 | 14% |
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
What is a high borderline score on this quiz?
The high band starts at 60; 1% of takers reach it and the top 10% starts at 30.
Does a high score mean I have BPD?
No. It means intensity steered many of your answers. BPD is diagnosed by a clinician against DSM-5 criteria; the site's separate BPD screen uses the MSI-BPD, which is the instrument the field actually uses.
Is a high score a diagnosis?
No. It is a self-report across twenty scenarios. Only a clinician can diagnose, and only with a proper assessment. Read the band, not a label.
What this axis measures
Answers shaped by intensity: fear of being left, fast swings, all-or-nothing reads of other people. The score is how often that pull won.
Traits, or the type?
Intensity is common and often situational. Borderline personality disorder is a clinical diagnosis with its own criteria and a proper screen; the Dark Mirror is not that screen. If this axis is high for you and it hurts, that is worth taking to someone qualified.
See where you fall on the borderline axis.
Seven minutes, twenty scenarios, then your band and percentile on every axis against everyone above.