Walking on Eggshells was the first book my Mum read when it was suggested I had the BPD diagnosis which wasn't very helpful shall we say!
I'm certainly going to check out some of these books, I find workbook type books very helpful.
I've currently got a book on DBT, it's the DBT training handbook which is actually really good but I think it's best if you use it whilst having DBT training through professionals. I'm not sure though :/
Cool beans, I've ordered me a copy of that I hate you don't leave me ^-^
xTinkerbelle I agree, it's the only book my mum's seen on BPD so she doesn't agree with my diagnosis because of it... I'll lend her this new book after I've read it, hope its better XxXx
"You might say its self-inflicted but you see that's contradictive - why on earth would anyone practice self destruction?"
I never thought to read a book about BPD. Perhaps I should, maybe It'll help me realise whether or not I do have it. Still waiting for my second opinion, and I've got in touch with local PALS to complain about not being given therapy when I need it.
Its all or nothing
And nothings all I ever get
Every time I turn it on
I burn it up and burn it out
Yay my copy of I Hate You Don't Leave Me arrived this morning (the joys of ebay!) - going to let me mum read it before I do I think, after reading Eggshells she seems convinced I'm going to turn into an angry and violent person which is the opposite of me... =/
XxXx
"You might say its self-inflicted but you see that's contradictive - why on earth would anyone practice self destruction?"
I have a copy of I Hate You Don't Leave Me, it was a good read. There's a more current version called Sometimes I Act Crazy and I thought was well written and good for those around me to read.
I have a question for y'all. What are your views of those diagnosed with both BPD and Bipolar? Do you believe that this is a valid diagnosis or that the it should be one or another(like, make up your mind type thing)?
I'm just curious because I was diagnosed with both and all I've faced is negative comments saying that I cannot possibly have both. (Techically I CAN be diagnosed with both as Bipolar is an Axis I diagnosis and BPD is an Axis II diagnosis).
I find peoples experience books impossible to read, apart from the fact that I have no personal connection with the writer, I tend to find them a bit whiny and I just want to say “ for god sake pull yourself together”. I think my autistic tendencies means I cannot sympathise or empathise even with those with the same diagnosis. I tend to prefer factual medical texts to personal experience texts. I’d make a really awful therapist I think.
"I laugh, I love, I hope, I try, I hurt, I need, I fear, I cry. And I know you do the same too so we are not that different you and I.
You'll be surprised to know how far you can go from the point where you thought it was the end.
i am not diagnosed with BPD and Bipolar but i spent a lot of time with someone who was, and i'd say they are different illnesses. i think one can affect the other, though. like, if she was working on difficult things therapeutically, it could make her Bipolar worse. but i definitely thought the illnesses were separate for her. it's difficult, because BPD can encompass a lot of different mental states, being emotionally unstable, could mean you are manic sometimes. but i think there is a clear difference between BPD mania and actual Bipolar mania (just in the same way that clinical depression can be diagnosed separately from BPD, in some cases).
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I get like that too, feeling so numb, not reacting to anything. When I'm like that I normally think I'd rather be depressed; at least then you're feeling something and you know you're still human... I can't say if it's normal or not, but you're definately not alone in that.
Wake me up before I change again
Remind me the story that I won't get insane
Tell me why it's always the same
Explain me the reason why I'm so much in pain.
