Loving someone with borderline personality disorder : how to keep out-of-control emotions from destroying your relationship Cover Image

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Loving someone with borderline personality disorder : how to keep out-of-control emotions from destroying your relationship / Shari Y. Manning.

Summary:

A guide for people in relationships with someone who has borderline personality disorder, helping to understand BPD emotions and how to respond to them.

Record details

ISBN: 9781593856076 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1593856075 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781609181956 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 1609181956 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Physical Description: xiii, 253 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-244) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I: Understanding Your Loved One and Your Relationship. "Why Do I Feel So Lost in This Relationship?" -- What Makes Someone So Emotional? -- The Hidden Power of Validation -- Five Steps to Balanced Responses and Better Outcomes -- Part II: The Many Faces of Borderline Personality Disorder. "I Can't Stand Feeling Like This!" -- "It Was All My Fault" -- "You Have to Fix This for Me!" -- "Things Are Awful ... but Don't Worry; I'm Handling It." "Why Do Terrible Things Keep Happening to Me?" -- "Nothing's Wrong--I'm Fine" -- Part III: Dealing with Crisis and Getting Help. Handling Your Own Difficult Emotions -- Understanding Self-Harm/Suicide and Making Decisions about Hospitalization -- Getting Treatment and Support.