Rewriting the Narrative Around BPD
Real experiences, expert education, and professional training are reshaping how we understand and support those living with borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is often surrounded by misinformation—but real stories and accurate education can change that. Through expert insight, lived experiences, and open dialogue, we are breaking stigma and building pathways to hope and healing.
Whether you are living with BPD, supporting someone who is, or simply seeking to understand, you are part of a community that believes change is possible. Together, we can replace judgment with compassion and misunderstanding with connection.
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Webinars and Courses About BPD
BPD is often misunderstood, leading to stigma, misdiagnosis, and ineffective support. The key to effectively addressing BPD is to first understand the condition. However, BPD is complex in nature, and many myths surround the disorder. George W. Smith, LICSW, helps us understand the basics of BPD. Watch here now or learn more about this training.
Borderline Personality Disorder Resources
Living with borderline personality disorder can be challenging, but support and understanding can make a meaningful difference. Learning more about the condition, exploring treatment approaches, and connecting with compassionate care can help people build stability and confidence in daily life.
Whether for individuals directly affected or for their loved ones, guidance and support can offer reassurance, reduce feelings of isolation, and remind everyone that recovery and meaningful change are possible.
Support Organizations
These organizations offer resources and information on borderline personality disorder that you may find helpful.
Behavioral Tech
Behavioral Tech is focused on advancing dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), an evidence-based treatment widely used for borderline personality disorder. The organization provides educational resources that help individuals and families better understand DBT and its role in supporting emotional regulation and recovery.
Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center
The NewYork-Presbyterian Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center offers educational information about BPD, including symptoms, treatment approaches, and pathways to care. Its resources are designed to help individuals and families better understand the disorder and available support options.
BPD Alliance
BPD Alliance, also known as National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, focuses on education and family support to improve outcomes for people affected by BPD. They offer evidence-based programs, webinars, and training opportunities for individuals, families, and professionals.
Emotions Matter
Emotions Matter is dedicated to supporting individuals living with borderline personality disorder. The nonprofit organization offers peer-led support, education, and resources grounded in lived experience, with a focus on reducing stigma and promoting understanding of BPD.
National Education for Personality Disorders Association
NEPDA works to increase awareness and understanding of personality disorders, with a particular focus on borderline personality disorder. The organization provides educational resources and advocacy efforts aimed at reducing stigma and improving access to informed care.
Featured Resources
From toolkits to podcasts and more, here are a few of the great online resources available to learn more about borderline personality disorder.
Resources for Family Members – BPD Alliance
Learn from structured workshops and expert-led videos designed to help individuals and families better understand borderline personality disorder and evidence-based approaches to support.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills & Lessons – DialecticalBehaviorTherapy.com
Practice core DBT skills through guided lessons and videos that support emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthier relationships.
BPD Bunch Videos
Watch peer-led conversations that share lived experiences with BPD, offering validation, insight, and stigma-reducing perspectives.
From Borderline to Beautiful Podcast
Listen to candid discussions focused on recovery, self-understanding, and navigating life with borderline personality disorder.
Suggested Reading
From evidence-based perspectives to lived-experience memoirs, this selection of books is a great starting point if you want to expand your understanding of borderline personality disorder.
I Hate You—Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality
by Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, and Hal Straus
This book explains the characteristic symptoms of borderline personality disorder and how they affect emotions, relationships, and behavior. Readers find clear descriptions of core features—such as emotional reactivity, fear of abandonment, and impulsivity—along with context for understanding the disorder’s patterns.
Mentalization: Utilizing Reflection to Heal From Borderline Personality Disorder
by Robert P. Drozek, LICSW
This book outlines mentalization-based treatment (MBT), an evidence-based therapy centered on understanding your own and others’ behavior in terms of the feelings, thoughts, and intentions that drive it.
Drozek walks readers through the core strategies of MBT using worksheets, exercises, and case examples drawn from real treatments, offering a practical resource for people with BPD, their family members, and those supporting someone through recovery.
Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery From Borderline Personality Disorder
by Rachel Reiland
Reiland shares her first‑person story of living with BPD and working through treatment and recovery. The narrative offers insight into daily challenges, coping strategies, and the process of building a life beyond the crisis phase of the disorder.
Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder
by Paul T. Mason, RNC, and Randi Kreger
This guide helps families and loved ones understand borderline personality disorder and navigate relationships with someone who has the disorder. The book offers strategies for setting boundaries, managing conflict, and maintaining well-being while supporting someone with BPD.
Beyond Borderline: True Stories of Recovery From Borderline Personality Disorder
by John G. Gunderson, MD, and Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
Gunderson and Hoffman collect firsthand recovery stories from people living with BPD to reveal how the disorder can present and how individuals find paths forward. Readers gain insight into a range of lived experiences and evidence‑based tools from therapies that support healing, such as DBT, mindfulness, and mentalization.
Girl, Interrupted
by Susanna Kaysen
Kaysen recounts her experiences during a period of psychiatric hospitalization as a young adult diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. The memoir shows how symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment intersect in daily life and personal identity, offering a vivid view of the emotional realities of BPD.
