Through psychiatric evaluations Holden has indications of Borderline Personality Disorder, that may have triggered by the death of his younger brother Allie’s death. Holden was by the death of his brother, he “slept in the garage the night… (Allie) died” because Holden could not fully deal with his death which is a symptom of Borderline Personality Disorder. (Page 44, Chapter 5) However, doing the time Allie’s death occurred the patient had an extreme reaction to the given circumstance which involved him “... (breaking) all the goddam windows with (his) fist, just for the hell of it”, which is the first time Holden and his family can recall his anger becoming extremely dangerous. Holden experiences large mood changes and impulsive behavior
