Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

by Rachel Reiland

Paperback, 2004

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Available

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Publication

Hazelden Publishing (2004), Edition: 1, 464 pages

Description

Biography & Autobiography. Self-Improvement. Nonfiction. HTML:With astonishing honesty, this memoir reveals what mental illness looks and feels like from the inside, and how healing from borderline personality disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. With astonishing honesty, this memoir, Get Me Out of Here, reveals what mental illness looks and feels like from the inside, and how healing from borderline personality disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones. A mother, wife, and working professional, Reiland was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder at the age of 29�??a diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive episodes including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and promiscuity. A truly riveting read with a hopeful message.Excerpt: "My hidden secrets were not well-concealed. The psychological profile had been right as had the books on BPD. I was manipulative, desperately clinging and prone to tantrums, explosiveness, and frantic acts of desperation when I did not feel the intimacy connection was strong enough. The tough chick loner act of self-reliance was a complete facade… (more)

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Rating

½ (65 ratings; 3.9)

User reviews

LibraryThing member maggie1944

I had, (wish it was present tense), a friend who received a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder and walked away from our friendship without a backwards look. I definitely was hurt and although I am over the hurt I am still very curious about this psychological disorder. I found this book

to be very accessible. I quickly fell into this young woman's world and was cheering for her as she progressed through therapy. I have been in enough therapy to recognize some of the stages and I think this young woman captured both her own voice and the words of wisdom from her therapist.

I recommend the book to professionals, family members of people with this diagnosis, and perhaps people with BPD.

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LibraryThing member ambrosial

Reading this book will be a jolting experience for anyone who has this disorder, seeing as Rachel throws temper tantrums, rages, and basically acts like a destructive, irrational, child. For me, it was a shocking and eye-opening display of my own behaviours laid out before me. Two words from the

book stand out in my mind, and they are from her therapist's description of her behaviours: "manipulative, and seductive." I had never seen this hidden part of my personality thrown upon the table so succintly. It was a depressing but true description of a certain part of myself, her, and anyone else with the disorder.

Of course, not every symptom Rachel describes will mesh with your own experiences with the disorder, but just as well, because it can manifest itself differently within each person. Two major problems that she dealt with extending from the disorder and from her childhood were anorexia and extreme gender issues, neither of which i have faced. Her battles were still incredibly intriguing, nonetheless.

As the title suggests, Rachel does improve, due to intense and extensive psychological sessions, and much of the book is indeed snippets of conversation from her psychologist's office, as they explore the depths and possible causes of her disorder.

I wouldn't necessarily recommend this selection to others with the disorder, because it could possibly be too much to deal with all at once. However, i would implore anyone who's having trouble relating and/or getting along with a BPD friend or family member to purchase this book, as it explains a lot.

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LibraryThing member janersm

Get Me Out of Here is a brilliantly written book about Rachel Reiland's struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder. Reiland does a great job of verbally expressing the pain and anger that this disorder caused her, as well as helping to explain why she developed the disorder (her childhood

experiences). Some may be shocked by the intensity of her anger and outbursts, but one must keep in mind that these outbursts are just a sign of her problems with BPD. She was lucky that she had an understanding husband and a very patient psychiatrist. A lot of patients with this disorder aren't as lucky as she and end up being dumped by either their family or their therapist or both.

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LibraryThing member olegalCA

This was probably the best book I have ever read on Borderline Personality Disorder. Told from the perspective of someone diagnosed with it, it did not pull any punches and gave a very honest, revealing look at what the disorder is like for the sufferer and for those around him/her. Best of all, it

went into great detail about the relationship between therapist and patient that eventually led to the CURE. BPD is commonly called the "garbage ground" of psychiatric disorders - professionals do not want sufferers as patients because of their all-consumingness and recovery seems like a pipedream. This book goes a long way in reassuring both camps that BPD can be erradicated. It's not easy or pretty but it can happen.

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