Posted by Dinah on August 2, 2008, at 20:58:52
In reply to Borderline Personality Disorder.., posted by Amanda29 on August 2, 2008, at 18:40:59
"Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder"
"Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder"
Have you by any chance read these books? You might be able to get them at your library, or use the interlibrary loan to borrow one.
Borderline Personality Disorder doesn't mean you're doomed for life. I'm sorry your therapist presented it to you in such an alarming way. I think those books could give you a more balanced and compassionate view of what having Borderline Personality Disorder can mean, and how it isn't at all hopeless. I'm sure a number of people on this board are now diagnosed as BPD or have at one time been diagnosed with BPD. The diagnosis is based entirely on behavior, and there are more young women diagnosed with it than older women. So it's a different sort of diagnosis.
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