Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

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A source of hope, expert advice, and guidance for people withborderline personality disorder and those who love them Do you experience frightening, often violent mood swings that makeyou fear for your sanity? Are you often depressed? Do you engage inself-destructive behaviors such as drug or alcohol abuse, anorexia,compulsive eating, self-cutting, and hair pulling? Do you feelempty inside, or as if you don't know who you are? Do you dreadbeing alone and fear abandonment? Do you have trouble finishingprojects, keeping a job, or forming lasting relationships? If you or someone you love answered yes to the majority of thesequestions, there's a good chance that you or that person suffersfrom borderline personality disorder, a commonly misunderstood andmisdiagnosed psychological problem afflicting tens of millions ofpeople. Princess Diana was one of the most well-known BPDsufferers. As a source of hope and practical advice for BPD sufferers andthose who love them, this new book by Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman andHal Straus, bestselling authors of I Hate You, Don't Leave Me,offers proven techniques that help you: * Manage mood swings * Develop lasting relationships * Improve your self-esteem * Keep negative thoughts at bay * Control destructive impulses * Understand your treatment options * Find professional help

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  Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

  • 2006-04-14
  • 256 pages
  • Paperback
  • John Wiley & Sons
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  Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

  • 2004-02-25
  • 256 pages
  • Paperback
  • Wiley

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