Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder | Rachel Reiland

Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder | Rachel Reiland | Recovery is possible!

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	Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder Rachel Reiland Hazelden, 2004 - 350 pages average customer review:based on 56 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Borderline Personality Disorder. "What the hell was that?" raged Rachel Reiland when she read the diagnosis written in her medical chart. As the 29-year old accountant, wife, and mother of young children would soon discover, it was the diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive episodes- including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and sexual promiscuity. With astonishing honesty, Reiland's memoir reveals what mental illness feels like and looks like from the inside, and how healing from such a devastating disease is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones.

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Excellent book on BPD from the consumer's perspective!

I just finished 'I Hate You - Don't Leave Me'... I thought this would be a good followup - from the consumer's view. I was right. The book was very emotional and graphic, even disturbing at times. The patience of the folks around the author during her recovery was astounding! Her description of her feelings during both episodes and treatment was extremely helpful in developing a sense of empathy for someone suffering from this disorder. All in all, a very useful book!

One caveat... I am not sure this is the first or second book for someone who has just been diagnosed with bpd - at least not without running it by a health professional first.

I definitely recommend this book.

All the best,

Jay

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Recovery is possible!

I've read many memoirs of mental illness in my life and I truly believe this one is the best. It's gripping, moving, well written, and a great source of hope and inspiration.

It must have taken an incredible amount of courage to write a book like this. Rachel doesn't shy away from showing the uglier sides of borderline personality disorder, and many reviewers have dismissed her as a "spoiled brat". However, I was impressed by her strength and determination in overcoming her problems, and her guts in sharing her story to help others.

One thing that struck me when I read the book was Rachel's financial situation. From previous reviews, and from the knowledge she had psychoanalysis three times a week, I had assumed she must be a very rich woman who could afford to see her therapist as often as she wanted. This turned out not to be the case at all. In order to pay for her therapy, Rachel had to accept handouts from family members who'd abused her, get into debt, and at one point make a deal with her psychiatrist where she cut back on sessions and he lowered his rates. I think it was this resolve to get the help she needed and pay for it however she could that allowed Rachel to recover, where many others would have given up.

I have just discussed Get Me Out of Here with a friend who has BPD, and who read the book herself a few years ago. She told me it was Rachel's memoir that encouraged her to get back into work, so that she would be able to afford to choose her treatment. She is now seeing a private therapist and well on the way to recovery.

I would recommend this book as a source of hope and insight to anyone who has BPD, and as a source of understanding to anyone who doesn't. Just be prepared to read it with an open mind.

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I just could not put down this book!

Cleverly written, this book draws the reader into her life. I was amazed at the honesty that the author uses in describing her fight with borderline personality disorder. I was attached to this story and was sorry to reach the end of this book. Using this book as part of my research for my thesis was insightful and thought provoking.

DEFINITE READ

I'm the wife of a BPD spouse and after reading every book I can on the subject as well as belonging to support groups, trying therapy, this book, for me was the most helpful. It has enabled me to have a better understanding and to see more clearly what's really going on when an episode begins. I am much more aware of using S.E.T. I read this book in three days and I know I will read it again before I go back to S.W.O.E. again. I think this book should be a must read for any partner or relative of someone with BPD.

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Excellent Book!

I find this book to be beneficial to anyone with BPD or a loved one who has BPD. I could relate to almost every page and would recommend it to anyone.

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