Quote by Valerie Porr M.A

“People with BPD tend to judge themselves and others in extreme ways. They will often use excessively positive terms, idealizing or glorifying, or excessively…

— Valerie Porr M.A

“This painful mental illness is not fair, but saying it is not fair does not change anything. Thinking that you should not have to…

— Valerie Porr M.A

“bargaining This stage is characterized by the non-BP making concessions in order to bring back the “normal” behavior of the person they love. The…

— Paul Mason

“When you are in psychological distress and someone really hears you without passing judgement on you, without trying to take responsibility for you, without…

— Carl R. Rogers

“Not knowing how to regulate their own painful, aversive feelings, such as shame and anger, makes people with BPD walking powder kegs. Because of…

— Valerie Porr M.A

“I don't have sympathy for people who wrap themselves in injury caused by their inability to deal with personal inadequacies and refusal to learn…

— Nikki Mills

People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest…

— Anonymous

“I couldn’t trust my own emotions. Which emotional reactions were justified, if any? And which ones were tainted by the mental illness of BPD?…

— Rachel Reiland

“... as Herman (1992b) cogently noted two decades ago, these personality disorders can be iatrogenic, causing harm to individuals as an inadvertent result of…

— Christine A. Courtois

“Bed the woman until neither of you can walk, and get her out of your system. Remember, no matter what they are or where…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

Whether it's depression or a physical disability, not everyone wants to be seen as a victim.

— Matt Rife

“The therapist, after a deeply upsetting investigation of normality at this time and place, was bound to conclude that a normal person, functioning well…

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr