“ Cincinatti was where I learned that running away from your problems has a three-month statute of limitations, a lesson I have found repeatedly to be true. Three months is still a first impression -- o… Stacy Pershall
“ In some ways, coming to terms with myself and working toward recovery has been like saying “I love you” to someone but keeping a loaded gun hidden in your back pocket, just in case that per… Kiera Van Gelder
“ Certainly, it's important to acknowledge and identify the effects of BPD on your life. It's equally important to realize that it neither dictates who you are nor fixes your destiny. Kimberlee Roth
“ Owing to a poorly defined sense of self, people with BPD rely on others for their feelings of worth and emotional caretaking. So fearful are they of feeling alone that they may act in desperate ways t… Kimberlee Roth
“ Accepting a psychiatric diagnosis is like a religious conversion. It's an adjustment in cosmology, with all its accompanying high priests, sacred texts, and stories of religion. And I am, for better o… Kiera Van Gelder
“ An inner ease spreads inside me. Such is the power of acceptance and understanding from other people, the power of validation Kiera Van Gelder
“ I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do. Kiera Van Gelder
“ We need this help from the outside because we don't know how to to do this for ourselves. We start with a deep deficit—a chasm really—when it comes to understanding and being tolerant of ourselves, an… Kiera Van Gelder
“ Thirty seconds of pure awareness is a long time, especially after a lifetime of escaping yourself at all costs. Kiera Van Gelder
“ The primary driver to pathological dissociation is attachment disorganization in early life: when that is followed by severe and repeated trauma, then a major disorder of structural dissociation is cr… Frank M. Corrigan
“ My skin is so thin that the innocent words of others burn holes right through me. BPD Pieces of Me Community
“ The case of a patient with dissociative identity disorder follows:Cindy, a 24-year-old woman, was transferred to the psychiatry service to facilitate community placement. Over the years, she had recei… Donald W. Black
“ I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD? I found myself fiercely guarding and limiting my emotional… Rachel Reiland
“ I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself. Kiera Van Gelder
“ The borderline Queen experiences what therapists call "oral greediness". The desperate hunger of the borderline Queen is akin to the behavior of an infant who had gone too long between feelings. Starv… Christine Ann Lawson
“ The Queen is controlling, the Witch is sadistic, the Hermit is fearful, and the Waif is helpless.And each requires a different approach. Don't let the Queen get the upper hand; be wary even of accepti… Christine Ann Lawson
“ I honestly didn’t realize at the time that I was dealing with myself. But I suppose it’s true that I developed a therapy that provides the things I needed for so many years and never got. Marsha Linehan
