Borderline Personality Disorder Summary
This memoir was written to bring awareness to the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) through one individual’s personal struggle to overcome and recover for the disorder. “Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties in regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe, unstable mood swings, impulsivity and instability, poor self-image and stormy personal relationships” (NAMI…). Along with unstable emotional investigations, the memoir addresses themes of self-destructive behaviors through expressed suicidal thoughts, excessive drug and alcohol usage, and promiscuous sexual behavior, manipulation of others and anorexia nervosa. Among the many themes of this memoir, it highlights the struggles
of a mother and wife and the impact, both negative and positive, her actions have on her husband and two young children.
The memoir, also addresses the financial burden that the cost of therapy places on the individual. Ms. Reiland concedes to the notation that therapy is her career and is unable to financially contribute to the household expenses during her period of recovery. Throughout her four year path to recovery, she was fortunate to receive financial support from her parents to maintain household expenses, cover cost related to hospitalization and therapy; as well as having the support of her husband who was the primary breadwinner for the family. Ms. Reiland writes about her battles with the insurance company to cover expenses related to her mental health treatment, her limited number of therapy visits covered through insurance, and the struggle this creates on her and her husband to cover her $120.00 per hour three times a week therapy sessions.
of a mother and wife and the impact, both negative and positive, her actions have on her husband and two young children.
The memoir, also addresses the financial burden that the cost of therapy places on the individual. Ms. Reiland concedes to the notation that therapy is her career and is unable to financially contribute to the household expenses during her period of recovery. Throughout her four year path to recovery, she was fortunate to receive financial support from her parents to maintain household expenses, cover cost related to hospitalization and therapy; as well as having the support of her husband who was the primary breadwinner for the family. Ms. Reiland writes about her battles with the insurance company to cover expenses related to her mental health treatment, her limited number of therapy visits covered through insurance, and the struggle this creates on her and her husband to cover her $120.00 per hour three times a week therapy sessions.