Understanding your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook

Understanding Your Borderline Personality Disorder......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
About the author......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Series Editor Preface......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 16
Session 1......Page 18
What does personality mean?......Page 20
What is a personality disorder?......Page 25
What have people said about Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 27
What is it like to suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 28
Session 2......Page 32
Is it something to do with the brain?......Page 34
Does the environment in which you grew up cause you to develop Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 36
What famous people suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 38
Session 3......Page 40
What are the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 42
What famous people have self harmed?......Page 52
Session 4......Page 58
What are talking therapies?......Page 60
What are creative arts therapies?......Page 66
What are the roles of professionals who treat me?......Page 69
What difficulties might I anticipate regarding a working relationship with my therapist?......Page 71
Session 5......Page 74
How can medication help with the symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder?......Page 76
How can you work with your GP regarding your prescribed medication?......Page 77
What is the most commonly prescribed medication?......Page 78
Session 6......Page 86
Wheel of mood swings......Page 90
Wheel of psychosis......Page 104
Wheel of impulsive behaviours......Page 113
Wheel of emptiness and boredom......Page 120
Wheel of suicidal ideas......Page 127
Wheel of abandonment......Page 134
Wheel of relationships......Page 144
Wheel of self harming......Page 156
Wheel of anger......Page 174
Wheel of self identity......Page 183
Bibliography and Further Reading......Page 194
Index......Page 200