Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality
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The revised and expanded third edition of the bestselling guide to understanding borderline personality disorder—with advice for communicating with and helping the borderline individuals in your life. After more than three decades as the essential guide to borderline personality disorder (BPD), the third edition of I Hate You—Don’t Leave Me now reflects the most up-to-date research that has opened doors to the neurobiological, genetic, and developmental roots of the disorder, as well as connections between BPD and substance abuse, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress syndrome, ADHD, and eating disorders. Both pharmacological and psychotherapeutic advancements point to real hope for success in the treatment and understanding of BPD. This expanded and revised edition is an invaluable resource for those diagnosed with BPD and their family, friends, and colleagues, as well as professionals and students in the field, and the practical tools and advice are easy to understand and use in your day-to-day interactions with the borderline individuals in your life.
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Pretty sure I have never written a review on Goodreads, but there's a first time for most things. As others have pointed out, this book perpetuates outdated gender stereotypes and brands non-hetero folks as deviant. I don't consider myself to be overly sensitive on this topic, but the obliviousness with which the author trots that nonsense out is pretty breathtaking.
Kreisman also repeatedly refers to people who are struggling with emotional dysregulation as “borderlines”. Borderlines often do this. Borderlines aren't able to do that. After an hour or so of listening (I chose the audiobook), the term started to ring like a pejorative. It reduces the people who have this disorder to being nothing more than the thing they struggle with. People reading this book are either those same, multi-faceted people, or family members / friends who love them.
There is probably some useful info in here somewhere, but I have to tap out on this one. Yuck. DNF.