Get Me Out of Here

My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

By: Rachel Reiland

Narrated by: Mazhan Marno

Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins

Publisher's summary

Borderline Personality Disorder. "What the hell was that?" raged Rachel Reiland when she read the diagnosis written in her medical chart. As the 29-year-old accountant, wife, and mother of young children would soon discover, it was the diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive episodes - including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and sexual promiscuity. With astonishing honesty, Reiland's memoir reveals what mental illness feels like and looks like from the inside, and how healing from such a devastating disease is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones.

©2004 Rachel Reiland (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

Long book but interesting story

I liked Rachel’s perspective on recovering from her illness and the scenes with her and her therapist. But fair warning - it is longggggg!

incredible story

this helped me forgive and accept someone I loved so much. it allowed me to be able to let go and move forward.

Soul searching

This book paints a good picture of how awful BPD is but also the different roles it plays in the people around you. Your parents created you, they want you to be nothing like you are but yet they are the ones who masterminded your upbringing. This book shows all that. So many tearful moments. Amazing book!

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I struggle with borderline personality disorder, I reading books like this remind me that there's light at the end of the tunnel

Courageous and inspiring

As someone who feels that I closely relate to Tim in this book, I am grateful for the courage and vulnerability it took to write a story so raw and personal. I’m reading this at a time when my wife and I have separated. I don’t know if this is what she suffers from but I’m praying for a miracle like the one in this story. I’ve never felt so emotionally moved by a book as I have by this one. Many of the personal stories and anecdotes feeling so relatable as a supporter of someone struggling with a mental illness. We’re still so far, as a global society, from de-stigmatizing mental illness but every story told like this one that dares to tell the world what it’s like to struggle, and remove barriers, gets us closer to a world more accepting of mental illness. This story needs to be told on a bigger stage. I hope one day more people are able to hear these words and feel the pain the author poured into sharing her experience. Thank you, Rachel and Tim.

Loved this book

I think this book is a beautiful, albeit difficult story, and important for anyone trying to understand mental illness and BPD. I loved Rachel’s candor, and the narrator did an amazing job of portraying both doctor and patient. Highly recommend!

such a great read

doesn't read like a self help book. but like a story with alot of inspiration.

Relatable

I’m a sucker when books end. I’ve been putting off the last 24 minutes and some odd seconds. Simply, because I don’t know what I listen to next. Great book, very descriptive and helpful. 😊

I can now accept my diagnosis.

Wow. As someone who has struggled for a decade with multiple diagnoses this books hits home. Before reading the book, I still thought I had a chance of fixing myself all on my own but now maybe I realize that I need more help. Thank you for sharing your personal story. It really made a difference for me!

most amazing book ever!

loved it, it hit home, cried and just felt so many emotions! I wish i could Express my feelings