Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
By: John G. Gunderson , None
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
“These survivors hit their mark in helping to change the conversation about borderline personality …
Want to Read $ 12.99"When someone is diagnosed with depression, you won’t hear them say, “I am depression."-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"When someone is diagnosed with depression, you won’t hear them say, “I am depression."-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"BPD patients are often misdiagnosed; for example, nearly 40 percent of people diagnosed as bipolar are, in fact, borderline. There is a heritability factor of about 67 percent. Interestingly, it is one of the few psychiatric illnesses that is not lifelong, with remission likely and relapses rare."-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"BPD patients are often misdiagnosed; for example, nearly 40 percent of people diagnosed as bipolar are, in fact, borderline. There is a heritability factor of about 67 percent. Interestingly, it is one of the few psychiatric illnesses that is not lifelong, with remission likely and relapses rare."-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
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1. Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD
By: Robert O. Friedel , None , Dixianne Penney , Patricia Woodward
3.99
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Over six million Americans suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a chronic, disabling … read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
2. Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
By: Rachel Reiland
3.95
Format: 436 pages, Paperback
With astonishing honesty, this memoir, Get Me Out of Here, reveals what mental illness looks and fe… read more
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- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
" Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience, it is not my intention for my book to be seen as some sort of c…"-Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD? I found myself fiercely guarding and limiting my emotiona…"-Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"You survived by seizing every tiny drop of love you could find anywhere, and milking it, relishing it, for all it was worth. And as you grew up, you sought love, anywhere you could find it, whether i…"-Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"(...) istnieje pewna ciekawa teoria grzechu pierworodnego, o której chciałem ci opowiedzieć (...) – niektórzy teologowie uważają, że w przypadku Adama i Ewy nie chodziło o zjedzenie zakazanego jabłka…"-Rachel Reiland, Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
3. Suicide: The Forever Decision
By: Paul G. Quinnett
3.97
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
For those thinking about suicide, and for those who know, love, or counsel them, this book discusse… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
4. Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
By: Randi Kreger , Paul T. Mason
4.01
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Coping When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder i… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
"It's important that you don't continue to ignore or accept rages. Realize that extreme rage directed at you or your children is verbal and emotional abuse. Even if you think you can handle it, over t…"-Randi Kreger, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
"Children who experience abuse also learn to deny pain and chaos or accept them as normal and proper. They learn that their feelings were wrong or didn't matter. They learn to focus on immediate survi…"-Randi Kreger, Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder
5. How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention
By: Susan Rose Blauner
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An international epidemic, suicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet is ra… read more
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- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
6. A Brilliant Madness
By: Robert M. Drake
3.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is an anthology of collective writing from Robert M. Drake written during 2004-2014. A Brillia… read more
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- nonfiction
7. Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect
By: Jonice Webb , Christine Musello
4.01
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Running on Emptyis the first self-help book about Emotional Neglect: an invisible force from your c… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
8. An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
By: Kay Redfield Jamison
4.06
Format: 663 pages,
The personal memoir of a manic depressive and an authority on the subject describes the onset of th… read more
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9. The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
By: Elaine N. Aron
3.85
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food… read more
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- mental illness
- nonfiction
"In the first twenty years we are given our curriculum. In the next twenty we study it."-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
"Being highly sensitive does not at all rule out being, in your own way, a tenacious survivor."-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
"But psychology is not perfect. It can only reflect the biases of the culture from which it comes."-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
"With sensitive children, physical blows or traumas aren't required to make them afraid of the dark."-Elaine N. Aron, The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
10. Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
By: Thom Rutledge , Jenni Schaefer
3.71
Format: 498 pages, Paperback
Jenni had been in an abusive relationship with Ed for far too long. He controlled Jenni's life, dis… read more
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11. I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
By: Jerold J. Kreisman , Hal Straus
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorder experience such violent and frig… read more
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12. Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship
By: Marsha M. Linehan , Shari Y. Manning
4.62
Format: None pages, Hardcover
People with borderline personality disorder (BPD) can be intensely caring, warm, smart, and funny--… read more
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13. Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
By: John G. Gunderson , None
3.82
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
“These survivors hit their mark in helping to change the conversation about borderline personality … read more
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- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
"When someone is diagnosed with depression, you won’t hear them say, “I am depression."-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
"BPD patients are often misdiagnosed; for example, nearly 40 percent of people diagnosed as bipolar are, in fact, borderline. There is a heritability factor of about 67 percent. Interestingly, it is o…"-John G. Gunderson, Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder
14. Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
By: William Styron
4.24
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true acc… read more
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15. The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide: Everything You Need to Know About Living with BPD
By: Kim L. Gratz , Alexander L. Chapman , Perry D. Hoffman
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
If you or someone you love is struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you need up-to… read more
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16. Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
By: Robert M. Sapolsky
4.25
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the … read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"I’m being diplomatic. Many readers will know of the “replication crisis"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"Obviously, imposing these classifications on determinism, free will, and moral responsibility is wildly simplified. A key simplification is pretending that most people have clean “yes"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
"You cannot decide all the sensory stimuli in your environment, your hormone levels this morning, whether something traumatic happened to you in the past, the socioeconomic status of your parents, you…"-Robert M. Sapolsky, Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
17. Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
By: Catherine McCormack
4.35
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their b… read more
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- nonfiction
"[We are]expected to be wooed and seduced by the male artist’s libidinous vision, a vision that has dominated and come to define our perception of genius, beauty and value from the perspective of the …"-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
"society tolerates sexually explicit images of women as long as they conform to an ideal that doesn’t relate to women’s autonomous erotic pleasure. Encouraged to be hyper-sexualised and available spec…"-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
"The problem is not that erotically charged images can’t also be seen as culturally valuable expressions (they can), but that woman’s highest cultural expression has been as a passive sex object, and …"-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
"Picasso and Modigliani’s ‘Venuses’ represent a sort of iconoclasm in their self-conscious rejection of the cold, perfectly-finished, stuffy beauty of the Western tradition of art. For the contemporar…"-Catherine McCormack, Women in the Picture: What Culture Does with Female Bodies
18. Light Filters in: Poems
By: Caroline Kaufman
4.10
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In the vein of poetry collections like Milk and Honey and Adultolescence, this compilation of short… read more
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- mental illness
- mental health
"if you think you are drowning, just remember: you float in water."-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"Don't ask for respect; Demand it. Don't look for opportunity; Grab it. Don't add to the world; Change it."-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"how to stop the thoughts how to stop the sadness how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy how to be happy"-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
"Be grateful that Time will heal the wounds but Leave the scars. How else will you Remember all that You've survived?"-Caroline Kaufman, Light Filters in: Poems
19. Alan Partridge: Big Beacon
By: Alan Partridge
4.27
Format: 284 pages, Kindle Edition
In Big Beacon, Norwich's favourite son and best broadcaster, Alan Partridge, triumphs against the o… read more
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20. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
By: Richard C. Schwartz
4.15
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
21. Talking about BPD
By: Rosie Cappuccino
4.39
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Talking About BPD is a positive, stigma-free guide to life with borderline personality disorder (BP… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
22. Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
By: Marsha M. Linehan
4.11
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Marsha Linehan tells the story of her journey from suicidal teenager to world-renowned developer of… read more
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- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
- self help
"Somehow I lost all ability to regulate not only my emotions but my behavior as well.... It was an alarmingly rapid and complete descent into hell."-Marsha M. Linehan, Building a Life Worth Living: A Memoir
23. What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
By: Chidera Eggerue
3.77
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes it's not easy to find self-worth in a world that seems obsessed with telling us we're not… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
"You are allowed to outgrow people, and people are allowed to outgrow you."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Anytime you find yourself in an environment that dilutes your self-esteem, picture four-year-old you and try your best to be her hero."-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
"Boredom is the ideal breeding ground for bad decisions. A lot of regrettable scenarios can be avoided if you just buckle down, focus on your goals, and try not to give in to temporary temptations tha…"-Chidera Eggerue, What a Time to Be Alone: The Slumflower's Guide to Why You Are Already Enough
24. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
By: Chloé Hayden
4.34
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more
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- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
25. Sleep and Folklore in Popular Culture
By: Dr. Franziska Kohlt
3.53
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
t’s easy to dismiss dreams as “just dreams”—incoherent visions, disturbing, odd images that don’t r… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
26. Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive
By: Kristin Neff
3.88
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
The author of Self-Compassion follows up her groundbreaking book with new ideas that expand our not… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
27. Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
By: Madisen Kuhn
3.65
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Discover this exquisite poetry and prose collection about the pains of growing up from the popular … read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- memoir
- mental health
"it's amazing how music can do that: make life feel so much more real."-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"i swear you always knew me better than i knew myself. you saw me in ways i didn't know how to see myself yet."-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"it's easy to look back and romanticize the bits of time when you were first getting to know someone. both of you were looking at each other the same way you have to look at the sun when it's in the m…"-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
"right now, i feel i am someone who is cold, insecure, nervous, idle. i am not the person i dream of being. i want to be warm and joyful, like i used to be before i decided i was too fucked up. i crav…"-Madisen Kuhn, Please Don't Go Before I Get Better
28. Ten Things I Hate About Me
By: Joe Tracini
4.47
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
'This is a remarkable book. The honesty is startling and potent' Dawn French 'You have to buy this… read more
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- self help
29. Crippled: Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People
By: Frances Ryan
4.44
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
The austerity crisis and threat to disability rights In austerity Britain, disabled people have be… read more
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- nonfiction
- mental health
30. The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces
By: Courtney Cook
3.87
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
Finalist for the 2022 Lammy Award for Bisexual & the 2022 Heartland Booksellers Award A Book Riot … read more
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31. Learned Hopefulness: The Power of Positivity to Overcome Depression
By: Dan Tomasulo
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
“The perfect recipe for fulfillment, joy, peace, and expansion of awareness.” —Deepak Chopra, MD, a… read more
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