Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B005O1BQFS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Do you feel manipulated, controlled, or lied to? Are you the focus of intense, violent, and irrational rages? Do you feel you are "walking on eggshells" to avoid the next confrontation?If the answer is "yes," someone you care about may have borderline personality disorder (BPD). Stop Walking on Eggshells has already helped nearly half a million people with friends and family members suffering from BPD understand this destructive disorder, set boundaries, and help their loved ones stop relying on dangerous BPD behaviors. This fully revised edition has been updated with the very latest BPD research an
Mandatory Reading for Anyone Suffering from a BPD In Their Life R. L. H. There are plenty of books written about navigating the lowest levels of hell to get the borderline personality disorder sufferers in their lives the help they need - and how to attempt to cope with them if they can't. This is one of them, but written in a less of a "sucks to be you" format and more of a "you can actually do something about this" format. There are those of us who might not be "stuck" with a borderline family member and have a little more freedom in deciding if we want this in our lives or not after we come to a full understanding of what Borderline Personality Disorder really, what driv. Just discovering there is hope Wow. Just finished the book. As a physician, I thought my 16 yr old daughter's excessive emotions and cutting herself and threats of suicide, and rages at the littlest provocation, perhaps, were just our family's burden to bear. Thank you for giving me hope, letting me know we are not alone, and that maybe some of the tools I learned in this well written book will give us some normalcy. Maybe even joy.. "Comprehensive and readable" according to Lookingforfreedom. The mindfulness techniques in the appendix were great. Understanding whatIt is, was an eye opener for me in the context of behavior. It was an honestAnd realistic description of a horrific mental illness, while offering hope that recovery is possible. I recommend it for BPD and non BPD, especially for those who have relationships with the BPD.