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The Buddha & the borderline : my recovery from borderline personality disorder through dialectical behavior therapy, Buddhism, & online dating / Kiera Van Gelder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Gelder, Kiera.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Van Gelder, Kiera--Mental health.
- Van Gelder, Kiera.
- Borderline personality disorder--Patients--United States--Biography.
- Borderline personality disorder.
- Dialectical behavior therapy.
- Meditation--Therapeutic use.
- Meditation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Buddha and the borderline
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Publications, c2010.
- Summary:
- Kiera Van Gelder's first suicide attempt at the age of twelve marked the onset of her struggles with drug addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress, self-harm, and chaotic romantic relationships-all of which eventually led to doctors' belated diagnosis of borderline personality disorder twenty years later. The Buddha and the Borderline is a window into this mysterious and debilitating condition, an unblinking portrayal of one woman's fight against the emotional devastation of borderline personality disorder. This haunting, intimate memoir chronicles both the devastating period that led to
- Contents:
- Love bird. Mentally ill, suicidal drug addict ; Girl, recycled ; The diagnosis that dares not speak its name ; Mindfulness and the Big Mac ; Saviors ; Full circle
- Last resort. Short-term solutions ; Dancing with demons ; Flying the coop ; Chalice of the hopeless ; Safety
- Shifts in light. Keys ; Leaving the dysregulation zone ; No blow jobs on the first date ; Empty room ; Learning to ride
- Emergence. First touch ; Exposure ; Being more than one thing ; Control and blame ; Crossing the mom divide ; The tipping point
- Transformation of suffering. Taking refuge ; Reversals ; Bad Buddhist ; Vajrayana ; The meat man ; Mirror of true nature.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-246).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781572248250
- 1572248254
- 9781608820603
- 1608820602
- OCLC:
- 763155958
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