The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide

Everything You Need to Know About Living with BPD

By: Alexander L. Chapman PhD, Kim L. Gratz PhD, Perry D. Hoffman PhD - foreword

Narrated by: Barry Abrams

Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

If you or someone you love is struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you need up-to-date, accurate, and accessible information on the problems you're facing and where you can turn for help. But where do you look? Much of the professional literature on BPD is too technical and confusing to be of much help. And searching the internet for accurate information can be treacherous, with some sites providing useful information and others giving dangerous advice and misinformation. If you're living with BPD, this compassionate book offers what you really need: an easy-to-follow road map to guide you through this disorder and its treatment.

This book provides answers to many of the questions you might have about BPD: What is BPD? How long does it last? What other problems co-occur with BPD? Overviews of what we currently know about BPD make up the first section of the book. Later chapters cover several common treatment approaches to BPD: DBT, mentalization-based treatment (MBT), and medication treatments. In the last sections of the book, you'll learn a range of useful coping skills that can help you manage your emotions, deal with suicidal thoughts, and cope with some of the most distressing symptoms of BPD.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2007 Alexander L. Chapman, PhD and Kim L. Gratz, PhD (P)2021 Tantor

Informative

Good information. Very helpful in understanding characteristics of BPD and how to help with those.

This is so helpful!!

This is a great book for anyone who has been diagnosed with this disorder. Learning about this disorder really helps to deal with what has been going on for years inside a persons mind I’m so happy to finally kear how to cope with my feelings and also how to get help.

the more you know

the information and separation in separate and concise info I can look back on is an amazing tool I hope to get multiple uses out of

The knowledge the book had on BPD

An excellent book to listen to and very knowledgeable. Very helpful for BPD and the resources they give to help find a good Therapist

Excellent

I liked this book very much. Fantastic information needed to be learned. It seems that the authors are very skilled and most of all care about people with mood disorders etc. I hope to listen again.

Great guide for learning about bpd

Recently diagnosed with bpd… I found this book extremely helpful for coping strategies, available treatments, reasons as to why I have it, etc. great book

Love it

Thank you... Starting listening to this while working and it totally made life more bearable. Thank you for real.

Valuable for Everyone

BPD, like DID, has roots in trauma. understanding and treating trauma will impact society in a positive way. Much the same way as germ theory revolutionized healthcare. This book shared enough information where someone with a negative outlook on themselves/ shame over diagnosis may be assuaged.

A lot of understanding and helpful tips

I just got diagnosed with bpd as a male at 32 and surely it didn’t make feel better but it did led me to this book. Just listening to it got me into an emotional rollercoaster. So much so, I didn’t want to finish it at times and thought of getting away from it. However everything on it really did help and I think I am informed to get better instead of just feeling helpless like before. It’s truly amazing. I really liked the last chapter about coping mechanisms.

Great info for a mom

I have a daughter who has BPD and she won’t listen to this yet, but I did. It has such good ideas and explanations. I hope she will take the time to listen soon.