I'm Not Supposed to Be Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder - Softcover

Reiland, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971822409 ISBN 13: 9780971822405

Publisher: Eggshells Pr, 2002

Synopsis

With astonishing honesty, this memoir Get Me Out of Here, reveals what mental illness looks and feels like from the inside, and how healing from borderline personality disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. A mother, wife, and working professional, Reiland was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at the age of 29 -- a diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviours, and self-destructive episodes including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and promiscuity. A truly riveting read with a hopeful message.

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Review

Touted as the only book of its kind, this is a firsthand account of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). An accountant and mother of three, Reiland (a pseudonym) tells the poignant story of her life, which included all-too-familiar episodes of anorexia, promiscuity, impulsiveness, suicide attempts, institutionalization in a mental hospital, and often unrelenting, anger-intensive, violent, and unpredictable behavior. This is not intended as a text for treatment but a story of how one person lived with and overcame an affliction that many professionals view as untreatable. What results is a gripping, fast-paced narrative that's often hard to put down and will no doubt inspire sufferers and caretakers to march on. It is a story based on stark reality and hope, much like Steve Hamilton's I Want My Life Back. Recommended for all public and academic libraries as a complement to treatment guides like Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus's I Hate You, Don't Leave Me. Melody Ballard, Washoe Cty. Lib. Syst., Reno Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

"Rachel Reiland's "Get Me Out of Here" is here to declare that raging mental illness can be cured."
--Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, coauthor of "I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality"
"Rachel Reiland's Get Me Out of Here is here to declare that raging mental illness can be cured."
--Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, coauthor of I Hate You, Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

About the Author

Rachel Reiland is a wife, mother of three, accountant, and writer living in the Midwest. Through a combination of psychotherapy and spirituality, she has managed to overcome anorexia and borderline personality disorder, a shadowy and often misunderstood form of mental illness.

Edition details

• Publisher: Eggshells Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0971822409
• ISBN 13: 9780971822405
• Binding: Paperback