Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder

Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy

By: Blaise Aguirre MD, Gillian Galen PsyD

Narrated by: Laura Copland

Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

If you are like many others living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you know what it's like to be overwhelmed by intense and fluctuating emotions; to have difficulty with relationships; and to constantly struggle with troubling thoughts and behaviors. BPD can be especially difficult to treat, though there are ways to gain control over your symptoms and live a happier, healthier life.

Expanding on the core skill of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder will help you target and successfully manage many of the familiar symptoms of BPD. Here, you will learn the basics of mindfulness through specific exercises and will gain powerful insight through real-life stories from people who have BPD. If you are ready to take that first step on the path toward wellness, this book will be your guide.

©2013 Blaise Aguirre and Gillian Galen (P)2016 Tantor

Great book

Very great book and great narration i highly recommened it for everybody even non bpd people it will help you understand human being

Very interesting

I surprisingly enjoyed this. It combined elements of Buddhism to help those manage their Borderline Personality Disorder.

Wow just Wow

this book even though it felt dreary at some points. because my brain is all over the place (which is why I'm listening to this book. but I've never felt more seem or understood and it put a lot of things in perspective for me. with dealing with bpd (and other diagnosises. not sure if that's a word.) I found myself knoding my head a lot. like yup that's me. but it's a good listen.

i loved this book.

i recommend this book to anyone struggling with BPD. its very helpful. it does give lots of info on BP and teaches how to use mindfulness.

Good read

Well written book and I will continue to listen! l loved it! I'm even buying myself a copy.

Recommend

As a therapist, I have recommended this book to my clients. It gives hope to people w BPD for ways to practice to lessen/end their suffering. This book gives real life examples from real people w BPD and how these techniques have worked for them. This is not a "quick fix". It takes practice and determination. It describes the techniques in a clear understandable manner. These techniques build upon each other. If you listen/read this book all the way thru, don't become overwhelmed. Remember it is a process that takes time and practice. I would recommend reading it thru one time, then come back and go thru and practice taking each chapter/techniques one at a time. Practice it till you feel comfortable before moving to the next chapter.
I listened to this book read by Laura Copland on my 30 min drive to work in the morning. She does an excellent job. Her voice has good variable pitch and rhythm. She reads at a good rate; not too fast and not too slow. She expresses emotion when needed but does not over do it. I've listened to previews of other books I would like to hear while driving but the reader's voice was monotone or their voice was too exaggerated. Laura Copland's voice kept my attention, but I was focused on the content and not her voice.

Super helpful

As someone who doesn’t have BPD and only identify with a small percentage of the experiences addressed here, I’ve still found the mindfulness exercises helpful.

Essential for those who have BPD

Life changing. Everyone who even suspects BPD should read/hear this book. It's really essential.

Compassionate and USEFUL

This is the first BPD resource I have come across where the authors truly seem to speak to the person with BPD and get how they feel. It also contains lots of information I personally found useful that is not typically found in other books, such as brain composition, that has helped me understand the biological reasons why I act the way I act. 10/10 would recommend.

A source of great comfort, a powerful tool

This book outlines what it means to experience BPD, how it affects our thought process, and how we can reduce the suffering it brings. Believe me when I say, this book has given me a foundation in mindfulness, and in turn a new hope that I can live my life with self control, compassion, and joy.

I have self destructed many times, losing much with each detonation. The skills that I learned in this book have helped me to reduce my own suffering during times that would have normally led to self destruction, on multiple occasions. They have helped me to learn to be a better partner, and I given me hope that I be able to have healthy romantic relationships, thus far in life a foreign concept to me. The mindfulness skills you will learn here have been helpful in my battle with addiction, and given relief from bipolar disorder. It's not an instant fix, but you can see the results quickly. It takes daily practice to get good at these skills and to be able to use them in every situation that calls for them, until you allow them to become second nature or habitual.

The author has presented this book in an easily digestible way for most people. It is a basic crash course on mindfulness, particularly as it pertains to relief from suffering caused by mental illness. The tone of the text and the "narrator" can be a little cheesy at times, and if you're like me, you may feel like the act of meditating itself is a little cheesy or awkward, but as I've learned, if you give it a chance, your heart will open to the comfort and wisdom it provides. If you are suffering with BPD and crave relief, and especially if you can't afford to see a therapist that knows DBT or are too scared, please, please get this book. It will bring you hope.