Has anyone read this book?

I just bought it and since I have nothing to do today will spend the day reading it.

If anyone else has read it and has any input I'd be interested in hearing it.

I hate this borderline label but the more I read about it the more I have admit it is so me. I'm just starting out with DBT and I really dislike my new therapists. I don't understand why my old T. had to dump me. I hate the whole ****ing messed up situation.

Maybe the book will help...

I haven't read this yet, but it sounds intriguing. I'd be interested to hear your thoughts about it when you're done

Ok my first thought is: "I am NOT THAT BAD!" My T. was exaggerating.

[Liinu]

I'd really love to read it since I count myself as a buddhist. But I can't get my hands on the book in my country. Is it perhaps available online?

[minneymouse]

I waited with great anticipation for this when it first came out. Can't really remember what I thought of it in the end. I think I'd been hoping it would be more about DBT. I also found it difficult to relate to the chaos in her life and that her relationship with her therapist was quite different from mine. Mind you I find books about BPD in general quite triggering and always end up feeling worse about myself...

j_s_g if you want to read but not buy, pm me and I can pop it in the post

[kitten2012]

I just found this book online the other day and put it on my wish list! Great minds think alike! I love to read first person stories like this - where someone deals with real problems in real life - totally my cup of tea and I'm really excited about it.

[kitten2012]

Originally Posted by Liinu

I'd really love to read it since I count myself as a buddhist. But I can't get my hands on the book in my country. Is it perhaps available online?

I found it on both Amazon and on Barnes & Noble online. I don't know where in Europe you are, but try searching by the ISBN if you have trouble.

• ISBN-10: 157224710X
• ISBN-13: 978-1572247109

[Marie67]

I loved the book. I'm not exactly like the writer but close enough to keep going, "oh, yeah!" and recognize myself. It's not a therapy book -- it's more like company for what you're going through. Might also be good reading for all those relatives, etc., who are enmeshed in Stop Walking on Eggshells, because this writer really brings you into her living experience of BPD.

I can identify with some of it, and am grateful I'm not nearly as bad as she is but I agree reading this is kind of "triggering".

[Liinu]

Now I'm starting to think, that maybe I shouldn't read it. At least not just yet, since I'm not diagnosed yet. :/