Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies Paperback – July 27, 2009

This book can be rather rehabilitating to read at first since, like most mental health books, it focuses on the symptoms (and the worst of them). At first, it made me feel like an unchangeable monster.However, I found that reading one section on the symptom and then the corresponding section on how to help decrease affects of a symptom really helped me keep perspective and hope. Skip to the sections that are most relevant to you, but have caution about reading it straight through (especially if you have the disorder, it can be very draining and disheartening). Make sure you have good supports in place for if the book gets difficult to read (whether that is social, or just personal coping skills such as journaling).All in all, this book provides a comprehensive and wholistic view of the disorder. The writers do sometimes make sweeping, negative statements about how “people with BPD cannot master the art of emotional regulation.” Ignore that stuff and press on and this book will provide you with info about the symptoms and treatment for the disorder AND how to respond if you know or love someone with BPD. I’ve found it very helpful! Plus, if you don’t quite agree with the info in the book itself there are a TON of resources in the back of the book recommending other helpful reads. A good first books for someone looking for a cursory glance of how people struggle and can learn to thrive with Borderline Personality Disorder.

Another book I bought to get a better understanding of BPD and how it affects different people. I also got this book to brush up on my earlier university psychology classes. As previously stated, any time I want to research a subject, the first thing I do is to see if there is a ..."For Dummies" book on the subject. They always make the topic easy to understand!

If you're buying this book to start learning about Broderline Personality Disorder you have found a great basic informational book. This book gives a great deal of information about a person with BPD and gives a lot of information about various topics in dealing with BPD. It gave me plenty of information and a good idea about what subjects I wanted to get more specific about. It's a great first book.

A must for anyone who has bpd or anyone who loves someone with it. I found it really thorough for an intro book. The worksheets included are superb and very easy to use. Incredibly helpful for even an seasoned veteran to borderline personality disorder.

Gives some basic information that can lend understanding and reassurance that there is hope is your willing to work for it--from both parties wanting it to work, that is. If only the Non-BPD family member wants it to work, you won't be able to fix it, but if you choose to live with it, it MIGHT give you some tools or insight to better understand what to do.

I found that this book was very good at explaining the more technical jargon and was excellent at moving through the various stages and facets of the disorder.What gives me great pause was the dire finality in the chapters regarding the partner/husband/wife/friend of one suffering with BPD. It gives no advice as to how to implement any new strategies in understanding (which is what would be beneficial) of the BPD sufferer - it only gives ways to safely end a relationship and not allow violence. Yes, that is probably important to discuss, but it paints Borderlines as masochistic, manic individuals.I felt that these chapters were "borderline" ridiculous....at best.

Easy to read, very understandable. I felt I (have bpd) could really relate & understand the material easily. I also learned more things about bpd, things I recognized in myself. I found it greatly helpful.

Very informative. I love the way this book is laid out. Easy to understand. A good book for those suffering from this disorder and for their families to understand it better.

Got diagnosed with BPD need to learn more about myself so I ordered this book taught me quite a bit. If anything get it

Covers all areas and provides resources, skills and exercises to assist people with, families of people with and psychotherapists treating BPD

It's helpful for a better understanding of this disorder, both if you suffer yourself for it and if it affects one of your friends or family members.It illustrates the main characteristics of BPD, and it provides an overview that helps to understand some behaviors.

This is the most user friendly book on BPD I have read to date. It simplifies things so if, like me, you have difficulty concentrating it is still easy going. There are more detailed parts that are marked separately so that you can easily miss them out if you want, or come back to them later. It can be used as a workbook either on your own or with a therapist. It is also useful for friends or family to gain an insight. The layout is more text book style than a novel and there are lots of examples illustrating the point.

I was recently diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and this book has explained a lot to me. I had read up on it as much as I could before purchasing this book, but since reading this book, I understand a lot more about BPD.