The Rorschach protocols of 62 eating-disordered women were analyzed for content expressing symbiotic, separation, and counter-symbiotic strivings. Subjects were grouped into three symptom pattern groups and into borderline and nonborderline groups as measured by Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines (DIB). Very few differences in this content were found among the three symptom-based groups. Consistent and significant differences were found among these groups in the relation between overall Rorschach response productivity and the production of responses with this content. This suggests that the symptom patterns may reflect differing modes of self-regulation. Consistent and significant differences in the production of this content were also found between borderline and nonborderline groups, supporting clinically based claims that symbiotic Rorschach responses are diagnostic of borderline functioning.