The Other Side of BPD

As only one has who has been there and made it back can, A.J. Mahari who had BPD and recovered, is the adult child of 2 borderline parents and has been in the non borderline role in a relationship with someone with BPD/NPD provides a uniquely full-circle 360 insight into the reality of BPD - from both sides.






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01.23.2008

Audio Program - "RAGE ADDICTION IN BPD"

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01.21.2008

Audio Program - "Preparing For RECOVERY FROM BPD" Parts 1 & 2

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01.09.2008

Article: The Controversy and The Reality about Recovery from BPD

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12.14.2007

Non Borderline Ebook & Audio On BPD and "Love"

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11.12.2007

From False Self To Authentic Self in BPD Audio Program

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Articles For Non Borderlines © A.J. Mahari


Family members, loved ones, relationship or ex-relationship partners of someone with Borderline Personality Disorder - non borderlines - need to find their own understanding, coping techniques, and often their own recovery due to the very painful and emotionally damaging reality of being on the other side of someone with Borderline Personality Disorder.


3 Non Borderline Audio Programs Package $42.00


Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder - The Lost Self - The Impact of The Core Wound of Abandonment


By: A.J. Mahari © September 2008
Published by PhoenixRising Publications.

Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder - The Lost Self - The Impact of The Core Wound of Abandonment A.J. Mahari examines, explores, and explains the aspects of the impact of the core wound of abandonment on those with Borderline Personality Disorder and its connection to The Lost Self in those with BPD and the effects of this lost self on the experience of those with BPD.

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A.J. Mahari is currently writing a memoir about her life and experience as a person who had two parents with Borderline Personality Disorder, as a person who was diagnosed herself with BPD at the age of 19 and from her perspective as someone who has recovered from BPD. There is a new section on her BPD Blog called The Diary - My Borderline Years


2008 Articles © A.J. Mahari unless denoted as written by others

Addiction and BPD - Futile for Partners July 20, 2008
Leaving Borderline - Good-bye to Family July 20, 2008
Experience of Husband of BPD Wife July 20 , 2008
Coping With Adult Child's BPD July 20, 2008
I Can't Rescue Borderline Daughter July 20, 2008
Adult-Child of BPD - Search For Closure July 20, 2008
Ending a BPD Relationship - Contact or No - Illusion of Kindness July 19, 2008
BPD - Enabling vs Helping July 18, 2008
Understanding Borderline Self Harm - Is it always physical? July 16, 2008
Borderline Diary - The First Cut is the Deepest July 15, 2008
Borderline Diary - Everyone's Always Mad at Me July 14, 2008
Family Members - Relationship Partners - Paradox of BPD July 13 , 2008
Brain Disorder and BPD? July 12, 2008
Quiet Acting in Borderline and The Silent Treatment July 10, 2008
Borderline Loss of Self Equals Rage July 9, 2008
BPD Family July 8, 2008
BPD Brain Disorder vs Personal Responsibility July 7, 2008
I am an adult-child of a Borderline Mother July 7, 2008
Borderline and Non Common Ground July 6, 2008
Power and Control Struggles in BPD July 3, 2008
My Borderline Mother July 2, 2008
Projection in BPD June 29, 2008
Splitting and the Non Borderline Experience June 26, 2008
Contact or No Contact - Ending a Relationship with a Borderline June 25 , 2008
Borderline Self Harm - Defense to Unresloved Abandonment May 30, 2008
The Non Borderline Process of Letting Go May 23, 2008
Inside The Borderline Mind - Insight for Nons May 23, 2008
BPD and Relationships April 22, 2008


 BPD and Abuse  Family Members Abused


Why Do Borderlines Often Discuss Their Troubled Pasts Repeatedly?

Several New Articles on BPD by A.J. Mahari


Is Your BPD Loved One Serious About Therapy? What Every Family Member and Loved One with Someone With BPD in Their Lives Needs to Know.

A borderlines who is serious about therapy will be responsible enough to make their appointments, be honest with their therapists, and do any and all suggested homework. Borderlines serious about treatment will pursue it, and make a commitment to it.

Anything less than this is a waste of time and money, typically with the borderline just going through the motions to placate someone else.

It is important for any family member or relationship partner of borderline to be able to evaluate how their loved one with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is progressing in terms of recovery. As told by AJ. Mahari, a borderline that began to make significant progress on her recovery in her mid- 30s; a process that took her almost 8 years to complete. This account of her recovery is "eye opening".

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  •  Intimacy with Borderlines?  I-Hate-You-Don't-Leave-Me
     NonBp Confusion  Codependence
     The Borderline Dance  Borderline Ambivalence
     "Borderline" In Relationships  Can You Help a Borderline?
     Both Sides of BPD  Borderline "Push-Pull"

    Articles and Video For Family Members of Those With BPD by A.J. Mahari







    I have written and made available here for free over 100 articles on and about Borderline Personality Disorder, from my perspective as a person who has recovered from Borderline Personality Disorder - from the inside out.



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