More on this book
Kindle Notes & Highlights
I had to learn that I deserved to have my needs met and simultaneously get used to the idea that, even if I acted as skillfully as possible, they still might not be met.
Borderline personality disorder may cloud my emotions, thinking, and behavior, but it cannot and will not cloud my potential.
I can come full circle with accepting the blame, to feed my inexplicable need to feel worthless.
For as long as I could remember, I yearned for this unknown, indefinable someone who would arrive and know me, understand me for exactly who I was, who would take the pain away, and who would guide me to a richer life of meaning.
Just as somebody with lung cancer can’t search for a relationship to cover up the misery of their disease, I can’t either.
When a family member has an illness, be it mental or physical, it affects everyone around them. Therefore, everyone needs help to deal with it, not just the person with the illness.
Family Connections program offered by the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
