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Notices and Comments from
the Author of this Website
9-30-18/10-31-2017 Book of a Borderline
"Destiny of Detours" was released today. Written by website
author. Ebook was released on 9-30-18. See about these
books at this link
here.
2-27-2015 Ok. Ok. I am not perfect.
I have overlooked adding to this page, as my life went a bit
sideways while caring for my newly widowed mother. Things
settled down in 2014. Finally. The really absurd thing
was: I published the meditation book that I wrote on November
1, 2011. My mother's husband died 4 days later, therefore, the
excitement of publishing was immediately replaced by a lot of stress
and sadness. But I came through that, but not without having
"Borderline moments" of my own when I just couldn't cope, nor
remember to use the Skills of recovery. Instead I acted out
and it was horrible. Nobody died. I did stay close to my
DBT group and my therapist. That's all I knew to do. I
did not want to die, and the deck was stacked against me for all the
trying times that I faced from 11-5-2011 to 10-16-2013.
I cannot forget how much that carrying the message to others who
suffer is so vitally important to my recovery. That is why I
am constantly updating this website with all the information that I
can glean about this disorder. Please,
please pass this website on to anyone whom you think could
use it. Borderlines or loved ones. You just may save
somebody's life.
5-19-2012 May is Mental Health Month
AND Borderline Personality Awarement Month. Friends, sponsees
of people I know have been approaching me more frequently to help
them understand the condition that they may have just been diagnosed
with. I remind them I am not a professional, I have been in
treatment for 8 years. I have learned a lot of the pitfalls of
Borderline, recovery, frustration to the patient and their families,
and the rewards that treatment (of many kinds) can bring them.
My treatment came from Marsha Linehan's model of Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy (DBT)...so I may speak with more authority on it
than any of the others. However, the main pagfe of this
website does offer explanations of the many different modalities of
treatment that have been developed on their own, or use in
conjunctionw ith other therapies to get results. Yay recovery!
1-16-2012 I continue the crusade on
public awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder, treatment, and
my own meditation book written and being promoted to help others who
wrestle with this devastating disorder. The ebook was released
in the last month to be able to be viewed on iPads,
Nooks, Kindles, Sony Readers,
Kobo, Adobe Digital Edition, .pdf and in HTML. All other
formats for the various readers may be obtained from this link: http://bit.ly/nAnomv.
12-26-11 Hello. "Prepare for the Harvest" ebook
version was accepted into the Premium Distribution channel through
Smashwords (where the book was 1st electronically published).
I have an inquiry in to them as to exactly what I need to do next.
The ebook will be offered on Amazon, Barners & Noble, etc.
Please read the 10-24-11 entry. I have an inventory of the
hard-copy of the book at my home. You can send a check to be
fof $17.50, and I can meet you and give you your book. Don't
mail cash. I need to have received the check from you. I
will give you a receipt. You need to live in the Indianapolis,
Fishers, Carmel (Indiana) areas for this personalized service.
Any questions, please email me
here.
10-24-11 "Prepare for the Harvest" is a meditation
book written by the author of this website for those individuals who
are dealing with an addiction and Borderline Personality Disorder,
and wish to live a more stable and serene life. The book may
be purchased in hard-copy format at Lulu Press via this link:
http://bit.ly/n6tla7
An ebook format may be obtained at Smashwords via this link:
http://bit.ly/nAnomv.
This book may be sampled on
Lulu's site, and on Smashwords' site.
10-11-11 The meditation book "Prepare for
the Harvest" is available for purchase in hard-copy format on the
Lulu website. Click on the following link to view the title.
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/prepare-for-the-harvest/17969556
9-2-11 The meditation book
"Prepare for the Harvest" is about to go live on Lulu's website in
hard-copy format. Electronic and hard-copy formats will be
available on Amazon. The hard-copy will be available first,
but not yet. This book is for those dealing with addiction
and/or Borderline Personality Disorder.
6-18-11 I have been putting a great
deal of time on the meditation book that I have written, entitled
"Prepare for the Harvest". This daily reminders and
affirmation book is based on those with the more common
dual-diagnosis of any addiction (with an
emphasis on alcoholism) and Borderline Personality Disorder.
This book was started in June 2010, and is be readied for
publication. Please stay tuned. Please
email me any interest you
might have in procuring a copy, which will be available in a couple
of months.
5-15-11 As the main page of this website says, May
is BPD Awareness Month. I am busy searching articles for
updated information, studies, discoveries, hope, and treatments that
have all aided in the quest for managing this disorder. As I
have for two (2)years now: I continue to provide you with free
information in hopes that 1) more therapists will take on treating
BPDs 2) that more BPDs will seek treatment
3) that friends and families of BPDs can learn more about this
disorder that can plague their lives with a BPD, who is in frequent
interaction with them. While friends and family may not be
able to "fix" the BPD, they can learn how to take care of
themselves, and keep children safe when the Borderline gets out of
control. Understanding this disorder can also create
compassion within one when dealing with a Borderline....because life
is like walking on eggshells. (read Randi Kreger and
Paul Mason's
book)
2-22-11 Hello to all of the people who
survived all of the holidays, and the harsh winter weather across
the United States. After 20 days of downtime with the
desktop computer awaiting service (delayed by the brutal snow and
ice in the Midwest), my research efforts have resumed.
My web-design programs are not on my laptop, yet I still sought BPD
information in articles published that I kept in a computer file for
transfer once it was operating again.
After visiting many websites over the last several months in viewing
content and design, I have toyed with the idea of "sprucing up this
website" with a sharper, more streamlined look to it. I back
away from this each time, as I am not trying to "sell you" on
anything. I am not wanting the razzle-dazzle of a state-of-the
art site. I am wish to provide you with a lot of good
information, advice, studies, opinions, and empirical evidence about
this debilitating disorder of Borderline Personality Disorder.
The last thing I would want to do is join the ranks of a
"best-dressed" website look and feel. Everyone
worries about their appearance, though. Comments are
appreciated. You may email me
privately.
10-3-10
To Professionals:
I have received emails from
laypersons who want to contact a therapist in their home region.
They wish that the therapist be trained in successful methods for
treating Borderline Personality Disorder, and that they have
experience in doing so. On this website's "Special Thanks"
page, there are approximately 17 therapists who have contacted me
directly about this website and made favorable comments.
I am making this offer: any therapist in any state of
the United States or province or country on any continent may email
me with their contact information and I will "advertise" for them on
this site. I will need your address, city, state, zip code,
country, email address and what specialty of treatment that you may
use in the treatment of BPD. i.e. Dialectical
Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy,
Mentalization-Based Therapy, Transference-Focused Therapy, Schema
Therapy, BPD Awareness Skills & Empowerment (BASE), Systems Training
for Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving (STEPPS), EMDR or any
combination of these that have worked for your Borderline clients.
If you have a website, most importantly, I will add that to your
contact information on this site.
As stated elsewhere in this website, the
counter reflects only the 1st-time visits to this site.
Any people that return to this site are
not counted, nor any refreshes of the site made by myself. I
wanted a true counting of "new people" accessing this website.
Please forward this to all of
your colleagues who are BPD treatment practitioners. Sincere
thanks to you all.
8-26-10 I am wanting to explain my project
that is currently an undertaking with this website. My intent
is not to promote this book here. It is a meditation
book (yes, 366 days) for people with dual-disorders of an
addiction AND Borderline Personality Disorder.
Bite-sized pieces of information are related each day about one
disorder or the other, or both, or a related topic impacting both.
I am continuing the research for this site to stay up to date on any
new developments in this area of mental health. There is so
much hope out there in the field. This additional project has been a
real eye-opener for me. I have looked deeper and deeper into
the disorder (as well as myself), received emails from a few
readers, and continue to give this my top priority. Where
would I be without this daily dedication to learning more
about this illness and practicing the skills to the best of my
ability on any given day. I really enjoy hearing from
therapists. I do a link exchange with anyone who has a mental
health website. I also have a couple of thousand business
cards I printed up advertising this website. I will be glad to
send you some of them (free). They may be placed in
waitingrooms or given to clients.
7-24-10 I wish to express my huge
appreciation for the overwhelming response of readers to this
website. I continue to research this topic of Borderline
Personality Disorder daily, as well as I have started a book on the
same topic.
I have been in Dialectical Behavior Therapy for over six years, and
have been sober for 21 years. This website was started in May
2009, and there is new information on this topic released monthly
over the internet. I obtain this new information in any manner
that is available to me, as well as, I read mental health websites,
read blogs of other Borderlines and mental health experts,
along with a multitude of articles.
I have received emails from readers asking me questions and or
advice about Borderline. I can only share my Experience
and Knowledge of this disorder. I am not a professional, nor
do I have any credentials in this field. I have a graduate
degree, but it is in business administration. My function and
purpose is to provide information to people "out there" who have a
mental health concern for either themselves, or someone whom they
know.
I am very commited to getting the word out about BPD. The
statistics are changing all the time, and I try to stay up with
them. I am certainly encouraged by all the response to this
website, and have even gotten some positive feedback from Dr. Judith
Orloff herself. A couple of her books are mentioned elsewhere
in this site.
Please, please, please ----forward this site on. I have
business cards that I have sent out to professionals, advertising
the link to this site. I have done all of this at my own
expense: cards, postage, and hundreds of hours of research and
webdesign time. It keeps me sober and sane to know that I may
make just one tiny little difference in someone's life who struggles
with the same disorder I have.
On a lighter, more humorous note: I am not in my 20's or 30's...or I
would have gotten sober at 5 years old! The Beatles appeared
on the Ed Sullivan show on February 9, 1964, the day after my tenth
birthday. Do the math. I have been around for awhile.
My life's experiences as a Borderline have accrued for decades, and
oh some of the stories I could tell ! <smile> I have
been quite candid about where I have come from while in treatment,
and that has helped with my recovery. Honesty,
Open-Mindedness, and Willingness. These are also the spiritual
principles of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Blessings, Amy Allison,
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