Editorial Review:

"AM I LOSING MY MIND?"

People with Borderline Personality Disorderexperience such violent and frightening mood swingsthat they often fear for their sanity. They can beeuphoric one moment, despairing and depressed thenext. There are an estimated 10 million sufferersof BPD living in America today -- each displayingremarkably similar symptoms:

a shaky sense of identity

sudden violent outbursts

oversensitivity to real or imagined rejection

brief, turbulent love affairs

frequent periods of intense depression

eating disorders, drug abuse, and other
self-destructive tendencies

an irrational fear of abandonment and an
inability to be alone

For years BPD was difficult to describe, diagnose, andtreat. But now, for the first time, Dr. Jerold J. Kreismanand health writer Hal Straus offer much-neededprofessional advice, helping victims and their familiesto understand and cope with this troubling,shockingly widespread affliction.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

The "bible" for the Borderline's Parents:

As a parent of a Borderline child, this is the book our family has needed. Every page is a teaching tool for dealing with BPD and understanding the thought processes of a Borderline. You cannot change the borderline, but this book teaches you how to understand, deal with, and make life bearable for the family of a bordeline.

Extremely outdated, sexist, and homophobic.:

Wow! I just got halfway through this book and had to stop. It is embarrassingly outdated. First, it has zero references to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) or how DBT would understand Borderline Personality Disorder, possibly DBT hadn't really been developed when this book was written. This effects not just how the book looks at treatment but also how it looks at the etiology of BPD and makes it seem really behind the times in understanding the disorder.
Other then that, this book is full of weird... more info

Give it to me straight! Good work.:

Nearly two decades later this book is still at the top of its game. The absolute beauty of this book is that it doesn't treat you like a helpless and fragile little kid. Here's the situation. This is how it is. I absolutely love that. I wish every book I read would be this blatantly, in-your-face honest with me. If you have borderline and aren't fragile, or even if you just find the brain interesting, this book is excellent. It thoroughly, clearly and blatantly lays out the situation for you to digest. I... more info

Still good:

This book is still holding it's ground in this genre because it has excellent descriptive value. I recommend reading it along with this one I've linked by Sarah Shikitao-Brown. They make an excellent combo of knowledge and solution. Tao Cycle Therapy: Natural Happiness via Self Directed Cure for Chronic Anxiety & Depression [Updated 2008 3nd Edition]
-Jane Stevens

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