Vous voulez voir cette page en fran�ais ? Cliquez ici.

Quantity:

More Buying Choices

26 used & new from CDN$ 10.55

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Search inside another edition of this book

Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder (Hardcover)

by Jerold J. Kreisman (Author), Hal Straus (Author) "Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the most personality disorder seen in clinical settings, is excruciatingly painful to live with-both for the sufferer and those closest to..." (more)

4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

List Price:	CDN$ 26.99
Price:	CDN$ 17.00 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
You Save:	CDN$ 9.99 (37%)
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca. Gift-wrap available.

Only 2 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

18 new from CDN$ 15.50 8 used from CDN$ 10.55

Frequently Bought Together

Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

Total List Price: CDN$ 54.93
Price For All Three: CDN$ 39.82

Show availability and shipping details

This item: Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder by Jerold J. Kreisman
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
I Hate You, Don't Leave Me by Jerold J Kreisman
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland
In Stock.
Ships from and sold by Amazon.ca.
Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over CDN$ 39. Details

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

I Hate You, Don't Leave Me

by Jerold J Kreisman

3.6 out of 5 stars (55) CDN$ 8.99

Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder

by Rachel Reiland

4.8 out of 5 stars (4) CDN$ 13.83

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living With Bpd

by Robert Friedel

5.0 out of 5 stars (2) CDN$ 16.43

The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells

by Randi Kreger

5.0 out of 5 stars (1) CDN$ 14.56

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

by Paul T. Mason

4.4 out of 5 stars (76) CDN$ 16.02

› Explore similar items

Product Details

Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (Feb 11 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0471222860
ISBN-13: 978-0471222866
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 459 g

Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #224,095 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
Popular in this category:
#77 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Mental Health > Personality Disorders

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

See Complete Table of Contents

Product Description

From Publishers Weekly

Kreisman’s I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me, a rigorous but informal introduction to Borderline Personality Disorder, was published in 1989, and has sold 300,000 copies since. This follow-up volume incorporates advances in the understanding of BPD that have been made in the last 15 years, as well as new case studies and anecdotes (the book begins with a patient named "Diana" who turns out be the late UK princess) and a less gloomy prognosis. Most of the 12 chapters begin with a particular patient, detailing specific symptoms and behaviors in a pulpy prose style, often including first person narrative ("Doc, you probably want to hear how horrible my mom and dad were") and reconstructed dialogue ("‘Fine,’ Patty bites off, impatiently shifting her weight to one hip. ‘Anything else?’"). While these narrative descriptions are a little hokey, they are packed with behaviors that Kreisman then proceeds to take up and unfold, all the while gently introducing technical terms as needed, and making suggestions for how to cope, verbally or otherwise, with a host of Borderline behaviors in family, lover or friend. The case studies occasionally have a lurid quality (particularly since BPD often involves acting out sexually) that is completely undercut by Kreisman’s patient analyses, making the book feel a little split. But even at its most garish, the book sticks close to the facts, and Kreisman’s commentary is expert and imperturbable.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Product Description

A source of hope, expert advice, and guidance for people with borderline personality disorder and those who love them

Do you experience frightening, often violent mood swings that make you fear for your sanity? Are you often depressed? Do you engage in self-destructive behaviors such as drug or alcohol abuse, anorexia, compulsive eating, self-cutting, and hair pulling? Do you feel empty inside, or as if you don't know who you are? Do you dread being alone and fear abandonment? Do you have trouble finishing projects, keeping a job, or forming lasting relationships?

If you or someone you love answered yes to the majority of these questions, there's a good chance that you or that person suffers from borderline personality disorder, a commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed psychological problem afflicting tens of millions of people. Princess Diana was one of the most well-known BPD sufferers.

As a source of hope and practical advice for BPD sufferers and those who love them, this new book by Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus, bestselling authors of I Hate You, Don't Leave Me, offers proven techniques that help you:
* Manage mood swings
* Develop lasting relationships
* Improve your self-esteem
* Keep negative thoughts at bay
* Control destructive impulses
* Understand your treatment options
* Find professional help

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.

First Sentence
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the most personality disorder seen in clinical settings, is excruciatingly painful to live with-both for the sufferer and those closest to him. Read the first page

Explore More
Concordance

Tag this product

(What's this?)

Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.

What do customers ultimately buy after viewing this item?

	51% buy the item featured on this page: Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder 4.1 out of 5 stars (7) CDN$ 17.00
	16% buy Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone you Care About has Borderline Personality Disorder 4.4 out of 5 stars (76) CDN$ 16.02
	11% buy Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living With Bpd 5.0 out of 5 stars (2) CDN$ 16.43
	11% buy Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder 4.8 out of 5 stars (4) CDN$ 13.83

Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

7 Reviews

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

Average Customer Review

4.1 out of 5 stars (7 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most helpful customer reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent New Book, Mar 2 2004

By A Customer

For months, my wife was searching frantically for a book that explains what BPD is and what the treatment options are. She found exactly what she was looking for in Sometimes I Act Crazy.

She actually bought a few other books first, but they were just too dry. What sets this one apart is that it contains accounts of real people that let you experience what it's like to have BPD. She was able to identify with these people, and it helped her so much to know that she's not alone. The book also explains the causes and the reasons for the various symptoms, so you can really understand what's behind them.

Once she got started, she couldn't put it down, and then made it required reading for me. I also identified with people in the case studies, the husbands and wives, and friends, moms, and dads, of borderlines, who are also suffering. I know now that I'm not alone and this has made it easier for me.

Most important, the book gives valuable practical advice on how to cope with this excruciating mental illness and how to go about seeking help step-by-step. We probably saved ten times the cost of the book just by reading the chapter on what to look for in a therapist! We had no idea this kind of help is available.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Episode II - A New Hope, Mar 12 2004

By	Kin Hylton (Honolulu, HI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The reader gets to experience the patient's stories just like a psychologist would, with patient stories in bite-sized portions. The explanations are unusually good. The index at the back of the book is more thorough than the first book; I looked to see if Woody Allen's movie "Zelig" was listed in this index, since it was mentioned in both books, and there it was! The book was reader friendly. It was also thoughtfully written, so that a person with a short attention span and unlikely to read the whole text would be able to get the important message that there is a "cure." I was surprized at the sexuality in some of the stories, but I was grateful for these examples because they were necessary to understand the thinking of the BPD patients. The authors presented astonishing evidence of successful treatment methods. The book mentioned many of the illnesses that are similar to BPD and what exactly the defining symptoms were. What BPD was, how to identify it, and how to respond when a person with this disease exhibits its symptoms, is the focus of the book - A new hope for a future without BPD! It may take ten years, but for the ones suffering, it is something � Satisfying to read.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!, May 5 2004

By	Tim Pheil (Selah, Wa USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Easily the best book out there on BPD. All the new medication regimes and treatment regimes that weren't around when he wrote his first book on the subject 30 yrs ago. Hopefully this book will reach the same heights as his first book as the BPD Primer. Extremely concise, easy to read. I love this book. Read it.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 7 customer reviews...

Most recent customer reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book i just couldn't put down
I love the book as for every chapter, author told readers about a client (it was like a story telling or a case that you were going through with the Dr.) And then Dr. Read more

Published on April 14 2007 by ConfusedWithin

1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth The Paper It's Written On
I picked up this book at the store, intenting to purchase it and began to flip through it as I waited for my boyfriend. Read more

Published on Jul 8 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Abused Confused Anxiety Ridden Depressed and Destructive
I strongly recommend this book for anyone seeking to find help with frequent feelings of loneliness or emptiness, mood disorders, any type of addiction, identity issues,... Read more

Published on Jun 22 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Noone will ever fully understand BPD
I never give books five stars no matter what, so the 4-star rating doesn't necessarily mean it is not an excellent book. Read more

Published on Mar 2 2004 by E. Salmo Littlejohn