Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies

De: Charles H. Elliott, Laura L. Smith

Narrado por: Suzie Althens

Your clear, compassionate guide to managing BPD - and living well.

Looking for straightforward information on Borderline Personality Disorder? This easy-to-understand guide helps those who have BPD develop strategies for breaking the destructive cycle. This audiobook also aids loved ones in accepting the disorder and offering support. Inside you'll find authoritative details on the causes of BPD and proven treatments, as well as advice on working with therapists, managing symptoms, and enjoying a full life.

• Review the basics of BPD - discover the symptoms of BPD and the related emotional problems, as well as the cultural, biological, and psychological causes of the disease
• Understand what goes wrong - explore impulsivity, emotional dysregulation, identity problems, relationship conflicts, black-and-white thinking, and difficulties in perception; and identify the areas where you may need help
• Make the choice to change - find the right care provider, overcome common obstacles to change, set realistic goals, and improve your physical and emotional state
• Evaluate treatments for BPD - learn about the current treatments that really work and develop a plan for addressing the core symptoms of BPD
• If someone you love has BPD - see how to identify triggers, handle emotional upheavals, set clear boundaries, and encourage your loved one to seek therapy

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This is a very good overview of the subject of borderline personality

Gets into the causes of BPD, but more importantly, describe the effects of borderline personality disorder, and how this affects the person, struggling with that, or a person to live with someone struggling with BPD, it is written at a level that is easy to understand for the lay person and is interesting enough to complete.

Not a fan! At All!

hated it, actually. it's fatalistic. most times after reading, I felt hopeless about the condition. they give examples of the most exaggerated worst-case scenario, which makes one feel that's the life one should expect to have. Considering that BPD does not have a "cure" this book's approach is incredibly depressing. Very unhelpful. I definitely do not recommend it! I was reading another book simultaneously, and there's a marked difference in approach. The other book lets you understand that you have a disorder and there's hope. this book makes you feel like it's only a matter of time until you start behaving like these extreme examples they've given. The problem is not the disorder but the approach!

Way too much

Overload of background, symptoms described ad nauseum. And not much helpful information except “get counseling”.