Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder

Amazing book. The author is incredibly insightful. Really teaches you how to deal with difficult situations and people.

Good read. Informative.

Stop Walking on Eggshells offers exceptional insight into the complex dynamics of narcissism and mental health. Intensely researched and thoughtfully written, it opens a window into the victim-narcissist relationship. This book not only deepens understanding of human behavior, but also provides empowering tools to reclaim personal peace. It helped me immensely. Stories are real and heartfelt.

I can see how this would be a pretty helpful book. It is full of specific examples and seems to be humanely conceived and presented. However, I only read about a third or a half of it, because I discerned at a certain point that it was only so relevant to persons in my life.

Great book! Way better than my ex’s book. (my ex has unconventional BPD as described in this book). Reading this book helped me see how my exes book was nothing but gaslighting.

Great educational book for anyone looking how to address living or dealing with individuals with personality disorders came highly recommended

I saw a couple bad reviews saying that the book was too harsh on people with BPD. I know a few BPD folks who take care of themselves, deal with their disorder, don't negatively impact the people around them, and are generally wonderful. Luckily, that means the people in their lives won't need this book.This book is for people who care about somebody with BPD who DOESN'T manage their disorder properly, and who negatively impacts those around them as a result. My mother is diagnosed, but refuses to see any therapist, psychiatrist, or other mental health professional for more than a few sessions. She engages in all kinds of unhealthy coping mechanisms, drinking and drugs, and abuses her family. She oscillates from blaming things (like stabbing someone) on her BPD, to claiming she was never diagnosed. This book has been super helpful over the years for learning how to effectively manage her abuse and unpredictability.If my mother were more introspective and open to getting help, I may not have needed this book, and I might say it was too harsh. But when you're dealing with somebody diagnosed with BPD who won't acknowledge that any of their behavior is harmful or problematic, sometimes you need to be harsh or you'll be abused!BPD is a wide spectrum, and as the title of the book states, this book is for loved ones of BPD folks on the severe end of the spectrum, whose BPD is unmanaged and causes harm, making everyone around them "walk on eggshells."There are tons of other books out there about BPD, including some cool ones written by people with BPD, that you might like more if you've been diagnosed and are trying to learn more, or if your BPD loved one is on the less severe end of the spectrum.

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Just what I was looking for

Explica algunas cosas que mas o menos coinciden y explican las cosas que hacia la persona por la que compre este libro (como la mayoria que ha comprado este libro, por alguien).Me hubiese gustado que se profundizara en ciertos temas pero entiendo que para un libro que intenta explicar algo tan complejo, es difícil.Aun asi recomiendo su lectura

beautiful book

Dealing with borderline personality disorder in a loved one is extremely challenging, and this book offers clear, practical guidance rooted in real clinical understanding. As someone who grew up with a parent with BPD, I found the explanations and strategies in this book both validating and genuinely useful. It helped me make sense of years of confusion and gave me tools I could actually apply.One thing worth emphasizing: Stop Walking on Eggshells is not a substitute for a professional diagnosis. If someone suspects BPD in themselves or a loved one, a proper clinical evaluation is essential. The book does a great job highlighting why self-diagnosis—especially from media portrayals—is unreliable and can create more harm than clarity.This resource helped me tremendously alongside therapy, and I believe it can offer the same clarity and support to many others trying to navigate these difficult dynamics.

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