Borderline Personality Disorder Community Group

Support for those suffering from Borderline Personality Disorder. Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behavior. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity. Originally thought...

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Books?

Catlovers141
Catlovers141
I was just wondering if there are any good books about BPD. I have read "Get Me Out of Here" and "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me" but I was wondering if there is anything else?

Also, if you know of any books about any other psychological disorders, those would be nice too. Thanks!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I bought a book the other day from Barnes & Noble called Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified by Robert O. Friedel, MD. So far it is pretty good.

I also would like to find some other books (some being from doctors/therapists who've had experience with patients with BPD, but also from the sufferers themselves). It is nice to spend time in a book in our darkness with someone who has walked/is walking through it. It helps me be able to read more than 3-4 pages at a time.
Catlovers141
Catlovers141
I know what you mean. It would be nice if we could find a book about a therapist who not only treats it but has/had it himself. I was in Border's today and I found a book about Bipolar disorder that was by an author like that.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes. I discovered that BPD books are nice, but most BPD people stay very Borderline-like after they read them. The literature helps in identifying the disorder, but not in altering the course.
I found the Codependency literature, a flimsy science (just like Borderline) to be helpful. I am not very fond of "Higher Power" and 12-Steps, but I have an open mind. I get usefu information on great coping skills.
So I recommend the easy to find: "Codependent No More & Beyond Codpendency" by Melody Beattie. She is very experienced. The book was written in the late 1980s, updated several times. She is active today, on a website.
There is a strong correlation between Codependency and Borderline Personality Type.
Similar techniques, but different language try to help us to see new ways to deal with the usual overflowing baskets of emotions.

I hope you have the occasion to at least see the book.
peace, sylveser