I Hate You―don't Leave Me: Understanding The Borderline Personality
by Hal Straus /
2014 / English / PDF
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People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) 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. There are an estimated 18 million sufferers
of BPD living in America today—each displaying remarkably similar
symptoms:
People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) 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. There are an estimated 18 million sufferers
of BPD living in America today—each displaying remarkably similar
symptoms:
• A shaky sense of identity
• A shaky sense of identity
• Sudden outbursts of anger
• Sudden outbursts of anger
• Oversensitivity to real or imagined rejection
• Oversensitivity to real or imagined rejection
• Brief, turbulent love affairs
• Brief, turbulent love affairs
• Intense feelings of emptiness
• Intense feelings of emptiness
• Eating disorders, drug abuse, and other self-destructive
tendencies
• Eating disorders, drug abuse, and other self-destructive
tendencies
• An irrational fear of abandonment and an inability to be alone
• An irrational fear of abandonment and an inability to be alone
For years BPD was difficult to describe, diagnose, and treat. But
with this classic guide, Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman and health writer
Hal Straus offer much-needed professional advice, helping victims
and their families understand and cope with this troubling,
shockingly widespread affliction. This completely revised and
updated edition includes information on the most up-to-date
research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic,
and developmental roots of the disorder, as well as the
connections between BPD and substance abuse, sexual abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, and eating disorders,
making it a vital reference for understanding and living with
BPD.
For years BPD was difficult to describe, diagnose, and treat. But
with this classic guide, Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman and health writer
Hal Straus offer much-needed professional advice, helping victims
and their families understand and cope with this troubling,
shockingly widespread affliction. This completely revised and
updated edition includes information on the most up-to-date
research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic,
and developmental roots of the disorder, as well as the
connections between BPD and substance abuse, sexual abuse,
post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, and eating disorders,
making it a vital reference for understanding and living with
BPD.
“This book belongs on the bookshelf of patients, their friends
and family, and for all those who help in their healing.” —Randi
Kreger, author of
“This book belongs on the bookshelf of patients, their friends
and family, and for all those who help in their healing.” —Randi
Kreger, author ofStop Walking on Eggshells
Stop Walking on Eggshells and
andThe
Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder
The
Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder