Bibliograph

Beyond Borderline, True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Type

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Beyond Borderline, True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes Internet addresses

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond Borderline

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

953660409

Sub title

True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Summary

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex illness that significantly impacts the lives of those who have it, as well as those close to them. In Beyond Borderline, two internationally acclaimed experts on BPD team up to present a rare glimpse into the personal lives and recovery of people with BPD. This provocative book uncovers the truth about this most misunderstood and stigmatized disorder, and offers an opportunity for a reexamination of BPD from the real experts-individuals suffering with it

Table Of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; 1. Anguish Management; 2. Letting the Light In; 3. I Am Not Just a Box in the DSM-5; 4. You Talk and Don't Know That I Listen; 5. Dangerous to Delightful; 6. Persisting Hope; 7. If I Were to Tell You That I Have a Disorder That Affects Only 2 Percent of the Population, What Would Your Reaction Be?; 8. Restoration; 9. Trust No One; 10. Just Like a Timepiece; 11. Breaking Bad; 12. On the Other Side; 13. Survivor; 14. How to Build and Bust a Life; 15. I Am a Scientist; 16. There Is a Yolk Under Those Shells17. My Destructive Patterns Characterizing My Borderline Personality18. Walking; 19. Treatment at Halliwick; 20. Reasons; 21. Angry All the Time; 22. From Numbness to Happiness; 23. Mosaic of a Fractured Self; 24. Riding the Waves; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes

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