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 show more 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. show less

Dec 9, 20146 other reviews

ambrosial 1 review

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

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 show more 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. show less

Jul 21, 20066 other reviews

janersm 120 reviews

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

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 show more 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. show less

Jul 1, 20146 other reviews

crdf 58 reviews

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

4.75 | No Spoilers

The following quote is from the epilogue of the book and it speaks about it in general terms.

Tempting as it may be to draw one conclusion or another from my story and universalize it to apply to another's experience, it is not my intention for my book to be seen as some sort of cookie-cutter approach and explanation of mental illness, It is not ab advocacy of any particular form of therapy over another. Nor is it meant to take sides in the

legitimate and necessary debate within the mental health profession if which treatments are most effective for this or any other mental illness.
What it is, I hope, is a way for readers to get a true feel for what it's like to be in the grips of mental illness and what it's like to strive for recovery.

How I reacted to the book: I laughed out loud and cried a lot, often on the same page.

What this books is about: It's a personal journey. This is THE most honest books I've ever read. The authors reveals her inner life, thoughts and feelings to us COMPLETELY. Some people would prefer to get naked before share the things she did.

In the beginning of the book, she tells about the turmoil she experiences not knowing she has a mental problem. She reveals the childish and ugly side of her. While for me it is very easy to understand why she reacts the way she does and what she actually feels, I wonder if people that are not familiar with mental health issues can understand this part of the book, or they would just think: "Why is she acting like that? She doesn't have an excuse!"

The only part that was TOO much for me was at the end, her endless expression of love and gratitude toward her Therapist.

I recently watched a BRILLIANT documentary on BPD on Youtube, and in this video clip they said:

Manipulation is when you consciously try to get someone to do something for you, without them knowing that you actually got them to do it. These individuals very rarely have the end of personal skills to figure out how to get you to do things in an non-obtrusive way.

I think BPD people are highly misunderstood, because of their emotional underdevelopment.

EDIT: This is an experiment how abused children bond with their parents more. It's from this book:

Some scientists were conducting an experiment, he said, trying to gauge the impact of abuse on children. Ducks, like people, develop bonds between mother and young. They call it imprinting. So the scientists set out to test how that imprint bond would be affected by abuse.

The control group was a real mother duck and her ducklings. For the experimental group, the scientist used a mechanical duck they had created - feathers, sound, and all - which would, at timed intervals, peck the ducklings with its mechanical beak. A painful peck, one a real duck would not give.

They varied these groups. Each group was pecked with a different level of frequency. And then they watched the ducklings grow and imprint bond with their mother.

Over time, he went on, the ducklings in the control group would waddle along behind their mother. But as they grew, there would be more distance between them. They'd wander and explore.

The ducklings with the pecking mechanical mother, though, followed much more closely. Even the scientists were stunned to discover that the group that bonded and followed most closely was the one that had been pecked repeatedly with the greatest frequency. The more the ducklings were pecked and abused, the more closely they followed. The scientist repeated the experiment and got the same results.

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