Borderline personality disorder. "What in the hell was that?" raged
Rachel Reiland after discovering the term on her discharge papers from
the hospital psychiatric ward. As the twenty-nine-year-old accountant,
wife, and mother of young children would soon learn, borderline
personality disorder (BPD) was the diagnosis that finally explained her
explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive bent,
including devastating episodes of substance abuse, anorexia, and sexual
promiscuity.
With astonishing honesty, Reiland reveals what mental illness feels like
and looks like from the inside. Her story is horrifying, but in the end,
hopeful--offering living proof that healing from this tenacious
psychiatric disorder is possible through intensive therapy and the
support of loved ones.