About this title: People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frightening mood swings that they often fear for their sanity. They can be euphoric one moment, despairing and depressed the next. They show symptoms such as: 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, and treat. ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380713059ISBN:0380713055
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. very good! slight crease on spine a couple of pages bent. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1991-02-01
ISBN-13:9780380713059ISBN:0380713055
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. Cover is VG. No names, no marks, no stickers. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1991-02-01
ISBN-13:9780380713059ISBN:0380713055
Description: Very Good. Binding is tight and square. Cover is VG. No names, no marks, no stickers. Text is clean, bright and unmarked. We recommend EXPEDITED MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Avon
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380713059ISBN:0380713055
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Description: Very Good. Previously read with moderate shelf wear. No underlining or margin notes present. We are the Twin Cities' largest independent book store. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780380713059ISBN:0380713055
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"I may be in the minority here, but I hate this book. Its stance on those who deal with BPD is far from empathetic - rather, it perpetuates this myth that all people with BPD are ridiculous and borderline-dangerous individuals who care only for themselves. As someone who suffers from BPD myself, it had me wanting to slit my own throat for the good of humanity, by the time I was done. How very "Borderline" of me."
"I had never even heard of BPD until some online friends told me about it in 2006. The first time I read this book, I knew it was me. Chapter 5 is like reading an autobiography except that I was never abused."
"This isn't bad. But I felt as though I could get more specific information on the internet. I borrowed this book from my daughter in a quest to understand someone who was in my step-daughter's life a bit more.
It was a pretty easy read but I started to lose interest toward the end. I stuck it out anyway. I felt like it could have been more informative and more direct. It seemed as though it was holding back information in order to stay "respectful". That is a disservice to the reader. Still, it had its moments.
I felt as though I left this book without really knowing a borderline as much as I should. Having never met one and never even spoken to one, maybe that's why I lost interest. I'm interested in seeing other reviews from someone who has at least known a borderline. Maybe that's the difference in how interesting this book is. I just couldn't get into it.
OK, I just read some review from people who favored it much more than me. I guess I'm just not interested because I've never known a borderline."
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