Review: The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces

The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces by Courtney Cook
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

this book is like reading an autobiography. the ocd, bpd, anxiety, depression, it all aligns. it makes me feel seen and that i’m not crazy for feeling this way. i was diagnosed with bpd two weeks ago and it felt like there’s finally a word for the way i am. i thought it was all of my other diagnoses but this one really made sense of everything. however, it made me even more upset since i read threads online how bpd people are hurtful, abusers, not good people. it made me sick to my stomach, that i was this way. but this book has made me feel normal?¿ in some sense. the picking, the how do i tell people this? the self shame of how i look, but also the way medication really does help. im taking mood stabilizers and the realization of this diagnosis has helped me so much in the past month. THANK YOU COURTNEY COOK for creating a book that is so relatable and raw. thank you.

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