The Essential Family Guide to Borderl..., Randi Kreger
The Essential Family Guide to Borderl..., Randi Kreger
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The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder
New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells

Author: Randi Kreger

Narrator: Elizabeth Wiley

Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/23/2021


Synopsis

For family members of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), home life is routinely unpredictable and frequently unbearable. Extreme mood swings, impulsive behaviors, unfair blaming and criticism, and suicidal tendencies—common conduct among those who suffer from the disorder—leave family members feeling confused, hurt, and helpless.

In Stop Walking on Eggshells, Randi Kreger's pioneering first book which sold more than 340,000 copies, she and coauthor Paul T. Mason outlined the fundamental differences in the way that people with BPD relate to the world. Now, with The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder, Kreger takes listeners to the next level by offering them five straightforward tools to organize their thinking, learn specific skills, and focus on what they need to do to get off the emotional rollercoaster: (1) Take care of yourself; (2) Uncover what keeps you feeling stuck; (3) Communicate to be heard; (4) Set limits with love; and (5) Reinforce the right behaviors.

Together the steps provide a clear-cut system designed to help friends and family reduce stress, improve their relationship with their borderline loved one, improve their problem-solving skills and minimize conflict, and feel more self-assured about setting limits.

About Randi Kreger

Randi Kreger is the author of The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook and The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder. Her website, stopwalkingoneggshells.com, offers material related to BPD. She also provides a free online family support group, Moving Forward, at groups.io/g/movingforward. She gives workshops throughout the US and Japan.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Barbara on December 23, 2008

I thought nothing could ever top the first book Randi Kreger co-wrote ("Stop Walking on Eggshells") but her newest book does it---I wish I could give ten stars instead of five. This seemingly simple book is one of the top five most useful books I've ever read in my life---I've already reread it twic......more

Goodreads review by Julian on February 08, 2013

I didn't entirely read the book, but skipped a few chapters, because they were not relevant to my situation. The person that I knew with Borderline Personality Disorder is no longer in my life, although the consequences of their behaviour still are. I don't think they will ever get treatment or even......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on June 17, 2017

I escaped an abusive 20 year relationship with a BPD without realizing she was. Once I came to understand her disorder, this book was monumental in helping me understand what had happened to me. And also to understand why I continue to be afraid of the world, depressed, and unable to get close to ot......more

Goodreads review by Autumn on April 14, 2019

I found this confusing, unorganized, and kind of all over the place. I don't think I'd recommend this as a mental health BPD guide/aide for that reason. Also, the concentrations for the most part are on parents with BPD children or romantic partners dealing with BPD in their relationships, excluding......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on February 09, 2017

Useful for understanding behaviour but simplifies the causes. Somewhat disturbing "othering" of people with BPD. This is a guide for family members and the focus is on surviving with a BPD in your life, and the assumption is that it will be a horrific struggle. I have very mixed feelings about the b......more