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It's not fair to say this book started out great and lost momentum as others have. Rachel exposes the well-concealed thoughts and perceptions in your BP's mind and unmasks the face that so often, leads you to feel that it is you, and not your BP that brought the two of you to her strange and scary world. The latter being events that took place in the earlier stages of recovery.
It's about a courageous woman's recovery from perhaps, the worst mental illnes one may have and still be able to function at the most basic level. At $120/session, in the mid 90's, I wouldn't give up on my patient either, though he did play the most significant role in her recovery. It's not a novel that builds to a climax.
I must refute, however, the portrayal of her therapist as someone who refused to give up on Rachel. At times, even that's not possible. If it seems to lose momentum, it is perhaps because Rachel is morphing into a normal person through it's course, and being saddened by the realization that you will eventually part ways w/ your rock and therapist doesn't grab the reader's attention like a 6-yr old masturbating in her bed out of the urge to urinate or urinating in the bed, as an adult.
If like me, you're married to someone who suffers from BPD, let this book be the yellow brick road that guides you through Oz. Whenever I'm hurt by my BP, I read this book that helps me to truely understand what's going on w/ my wife, and that behind the vulgar, raging facade, is a woman who truely loves her family, humanity and struggles just to get through everyday and grow as a good person.
Even making the choice to get help is very difficult for someone with mental illness. In the end, though, Rachel could not have gotten well without her willingness to walk into the unknown and deal with the pain of recovery. Instead she got the help she needed. Rachel Reiland was suffering from a severe case of Borderline Personality Disorder. The fact that Ms. He was there for her unconditionally, though he set firm boundaries that she needed.
He acted as a surrogate father to Rachel and helped her understand what had gone wrong in her life and what she needed to do to heal.
The treatment was intensive and lasted for three years.
Though it bogged down in a few places through repetition, overall Get Me Out of Here is a fascinating look at the therapeutic process.
When she reached a point where her life was falling apart, she could easily have committed suicide.
The story is honest and detailed and is mostly a recounting of Rachel's therapy sessions.
Rachel was fortunate that she had a strong marriage, a wonderful husband, and an outstanding therapist.
Her therapist was loving and compassionate and very skilled.
Mental illness is no picnic.
Reiland recovered through her hard work and her determination gives hope to other sufferers of BPD.
Rachel Reiland tough perseverance helped her and sustained her in therapy. It helped in way.
It was a beautiful story that contained a lot of elements that we deal on the daily bases. I loved this book, I might write in some mistakes that other wont understand, but I really hope other people will read this book.
I loved this story or diary. I am glad that I read this book.
This books is for everyone, not only for people who have BPD, or writing about personality disorders like me. I read this book because I had to write abut personality disorders, for my ''Abnormal psychology'' paper.
It helped me understand that no one is perfect and we all deal with problems. Some people wouldn't be able to handle that much cause, but she was a strong survivor.
This book is one of my favorite books that I have ever read. I was able to connect and relate to her in several ways. She described what borderline is so well and all. I loved this book.
After all, it is still a re-parenting healing process. It is like a process of re-parenting which finally allows her to heal.
I had to cry at least a couple of times while reading it. There are some psychology intellectual concepts which can be understood on the practical level with this book, as the concepts are explained within the lines of the story being told.
I highly recommend this book, it is a great story and her will power to recover is very touching. I think this book is very helpful for people in general and not necessarily for people who are exclusively labeled with a particular personality disorder.The process of being loved unconditionally for who Rachel is, is amazingly portrayed in this book.
The woman in the story was very wounded for sure, but she didn't necessarily had an actual borderline personality disorder per se. Some of us are more wounded than others, but we can still relate to each other for the suffering and struggle that our wounds bring us.
The therapist is also firm when he calls out Rachel's negative behavior. I loved the book, it is definitely one of my favorites.
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