Stop Walking on Eggshells

Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Stop Walking On Eggshells is a self-help guide that helps the family members and friends of individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD) understand this self-destructive condition and learn what they can do to cope with it and take care of themselves. It is designed to help them understand how the disorder affects their loved ones and recognize what they can do to get off the emotional roller coasters and take care of themselves.

Contents Include:

Part 1: Understanding BPD Behavior

• Walking on Eggshells: Does Someone You Care About Have BPD?
• The Inner World of the Borderline: Defining BPD
• Making Sense of Chaos: Understanding BPD Behavior
• Living in a Pressure Cooker: How BPD Behavior Affects Non-BPs

Part 2: Taking Back Control of Your Life

• Making Changes Within Yourself
• Understanding Your Situation: Setting Boundaries and Honing Skills
• Asserting Your Needs with Confidence and Clarity
• Creating a Safety Plan
• Protecting Children from BPD Behavior

Part 3: Resolving Special Issues

• Waiting for the Next Shoe to Drop: Your Borderline Child
• Lies, Rumors, and Accusations: Distortion Campaigns
• What Now? Making Decisions About Your Relationship