The Buddha & the borderline : my recovery from borderline personality disorder through dialectical behavior therapy, Buddhism, & online dating / Kiera Van Gelder
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
Summary
The Buddha and the Borderline is a riveting, first-person account of one woman's struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD)-a diagnosis some have called a psychiatric death sentence-and her eventual triumph over her symptoms through dialectical behavior therapy and Buddhist spirituality
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246)
