The Buddha & the Borderline: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder Through Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Buddhism, & Online Dating

by Kiera Van Gelder

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157224710X
• ISBN13: 9781572247109
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Recovery possibilities

This is a teaching manual which is a page turner, X-rated, challenging, wise, and entertaining. The core issue is about Borderline Personality Disorder. I have seen people cringe when they hear BPD. The cringe factor is validated in the book -- but there is much more!