Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder [B0650]

2004 PB with a few pencil-underlined sentences. With astonishing honesty, this memoir 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 behaviors, and self-destructive episodes including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and promiscuity. A truly riveting read with a hopeful message. Excerpt: "My hidden secrets were not well-concealed. The psychological profile had been right as had the books on BPD. I was manipulative, desperately clinging and prone to tantrums, explosiveness, and frantic acts of desperation when I did not feel the intimacy connection was strong enough. The tough chick loner act of self-reliance was a complete facade."

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "As triggering as this book could be at times, i found myself always coming back, looking for more. This book was inspiring and showed the true raw emotion behind closed doors of mental illness."; "BPD is so confusing & misunderstood. Especially for us living with it. This book let's you feel and see the rollercoaster of emotions on paper, helping it make more sense. There is only so much that our mental health team can do without living in a BPD brain. We are ever changing and complex. I appreciate the vulnerability in this story. I needed every word."; "This shows the struggle and thought processing beautifully. It has really rough moments, but that's the reality of BPD. This novel gives so much hope for recovery. Not only that, but it helped me open my eyes to a lot of things. I can't explain how grateful I am for this book."