“Cincinatti was where I learned that running away from your problems has a three-month statute of limitations, a lesson I have found… — Stacy Pershall Copy Share Image
“To stave off the panic associated with the absence of a primary object, borderline patients frequently will impulsively engage in behaviors that… — Christine Ann Lawson Copy Share Image
“The Queen is controlling, the Witch is sadistic, the Hermit is fearful, and the Waif is helpless. And each requires a different… — Christine Ann Lawson Copy Share Image
“The theologian Paul Tillich wrote that "loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude." Because the borderline finds solitude… — Jerold J. Kreisman Copy Share Image
The biographies of the great men see their excesses as signs of their greatness. But Jean Rhys, in her biography, is read… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“The borderline Queen experiences what therapists call "oral greediness". The desperate hunger of the borderline Queen is akin to the behavior of… — Christine Ann Lawson Copy Share Image
“To a large degree, a particular collision of genes and temperament with a suboptimal or hostile environment may explain the development of… — Dolores Mosquera Copy Share Image
“Dissociative symptoms—primarily depersonalization and derealization—are elements in other DSM-IV disorders, including schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder, and in the neurologic syndrome of… — James A. Chu Copy Share Image
“The role of the therapist is to reflect the being/accepting self that was never allowed to be in the borderline.” — Michael Adzema Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness… — Rachel Reiland Copy Share Image
“Conviction rates in the military are pathetic, with most offenders going free AND THERE IS NO RECOURSE FOR APPEAL! The military believes… — Diane Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“There weren't as many layers between her and the world as there were with the rest of us.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You survived by seizing every tiny drop of love you could find anywhere, and milking it, relishing it, for all it was… — Rachel Reiland Copy Share Image
“Sadly, psychiatric training still includes far too little on the very serious psychiatric sequelae of childhood trauma, especially CSA [child sexual abuse].… — Joan Coleman Copy Share Image
“They love without measure those whom they will soon hate without reason.” — Thomas Sydenham Copy Share Image
“Research has also revealed that women who have developed PTSD in relation to early childhood sexual abuse often develop borderline personality disorder.… — John M. Duffey Copy Share Image
“I can honestly say that my misery had been transformed into common unhappiness, so by Freud's definition I have achieved mental health.” — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“A crucial element of the real self is its unconditional acceptance of itself.” — Michael Adzema Copy Share Image
“You are a warrior in a dark forest, with no compass and are unable to tell who the actual enemy is, So… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“recognizing how even poison is a form of medicine when used the right way.” — Kiera Van Gelder Copy Share Image
