Like Play-Doh, the BPD individual can model herself into many configurations. While Play-Doh is composed of flour, water, salt, borax, and mineral oil, the BPD identity is fabricated from insecurity, fear, and dread. This chameleon aspect of BPD reveals her remarkable sensitivity toward others, deriving an impression of what she feels the other person wants her to be. She can sincerely slip into the protest crowd on either side of the barricade, argue both sides of the debate, yet without the context of others, she cannot divine her own, independent stance.
