Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman, Hal Straus

1 review

leahlesle's review against another edition

hopeful informative slow-paced

3.75

Informative and refreshingly up to date on the current literature. I do wish there was a little more exploration into the relationship between autism and BPD, given BPD is an extremely common misdiagnosis of autistic women. Regardless, the book provides numerous resources for both people with BPD, and the people who love them. Will definitely be referring back to some of these resources (and the in-depth reference section!!). The neuroscience of BPD was particularly fascinating to me. However, I do wish there were fewer 'case studies'. I was more interested in understanding the details of the overall theoretical framework than read so many cases of BPD individuals, although the examples were helpful and relevant in some cases.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Suicide, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical content, Incest, and Alcoholism

It's a book on BPD, so naturally, it discusses the triggering and upsetting components associated with the disorder (trauma, self harm, etc.)