Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781592850990)

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."

Author: Rachel Reiland
ISBN-10: 1592850995
ISBN-13: 9781592850990
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing & Educational Services
Language: English
Published: 08/04/2004
Pages: 447
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.03w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/01/2004 pg. 172