Get Me Out of Here - Rachel Reiland

[Breaking up with Someone Suffering with Borderline Personality Disorder]

Breaking up with Someone Suffering with Borderline Personality Disorder
	Disengaging can be difficult. You know that leaving is the healthiest thing you can do, yet your attachment is undeniable. You feel trapped by your desires to rekindle a relationship even though you know it isn't healthy - and may not even be available to you. This guide explores the common struggles of breaking away from a partner with borderline personality disorder..
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[KHat]

I read this book this past summer and greatly enjoyed it.  For me it was important since I have no firsthand experience with the pwBPD in my life (my BF's xW) and it was a way for me to get "up close and personal" with the BPD thought processes without having to experience it myself.  That said, I realize that every person is different, as is every BPD manifestation.  But some of it spoke to that part of my brain that thought maybe he was exaggerating some of his stories, since Rachel was very diligent in describing what was churning behind her emotional, seemingly knee-jerk reactions.

It also provided me with a sense of hope, in that someone with enough determination to get well for the sake of others could learn methods to combat BPD behavior, to the point that she is more or less "cured".  I thought her therapist was an amazing person and practitioner, and wish that others who accepted BPD patients could model his behaviors rather than sometimes see dollar signs in the advantage to keeping someone sick and dependent.