I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality"AM I LOSING MY MIND?" People with Borderline Personality Disorderexperience such violent and frightening mood swingsthat they often fear for their sanity. They can beeuphoric one moment, despairing and depressed thenext. There are an estimated 10 million sufferersof BPD living in America today -- each displayingremarkably similar symptoms:
For years BPD was difficult to describe, diagnose, andtreat. But now, for the first time, Dr. Jerold J. Kreismanand health writer Hal Straus offer much-neededprofessional advice, helping victims and their familiesto understand and cope with this troubling,shockingly widespread affliction. |
Contents
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Roots of the Borderline Syndrome | 42 |
The Borderline Society | 60 |
Understanding and Healing | 83 |
Communicating with the Borderline | 99 |
Seeking Therapy | 118 |
Coping with the Borderline | 151 |
Appendix | 167 |
Appendix | 181 |
Index | 197 |
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