Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. Borderline Basics. Action Steps: A Quick BPD Checklist.

2. Fears of Abandonment. Action Steps: Dealing with Borderline Fears of  Abandonment.

3. Unstable Interpersonal relationships. Action Steps: Dealing with Intense Relationships.

4. Identity Disturbance. Action Steps: Establishing a Sense of Self.

5. Destructive Impulsivity. Action Steps: Managing Impulsivity.

6. Suicidal Behaviors and Self-Mutilation. Action Steps: Dealing with Self-Destructive Behaviors.

7. Mood Instability.

8. Emptiness. Action Steps: Filling the Emptiness.

9. Anger. Action Steps: Strategies for Coping with borderline Rage.

10. reality Distortions: Paranoia and Dissociation. Action Steps: Dealing with Borderline Psychosis.

11. Treatment Strategies and Communication Techniques. Action Steps: Finding the Right Therapist. Action Steps: General Approaches to Communication.

12. Prognosis and Directions of Future Research.

Resources.

Notes.

Index.