Category: therapy

Understanding The Borderline Mother, Part II: The All-Good Child

Posted on September 10, 2013 by MJ

I finally decided to stop fooling around and powered through Christine Lawson’s book Understanding The Borderline Mother. I have some odd ability to quickly absorb books like this. I read 200 pages in three hours. I feel raw after reading it, and the only… Continue Reading “Understanding The Borderline Mother, Part II: The All-Good Child”

Category: Borderline Personality Disorder, emotional abuse, Mothers, relationships, therapy, UncategorizedTags: adult children of borderline parents, borderline mothers, Borderline Personality Disorder, importance of therapy, Messiah Complex, splitting, the all-good child of the borderline mother

Safe People

Posted on July 27, 2013 by MJ

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After my last post, I wanted to pause and discuss the idea of a safe person and what that means using Drs. Cloud and Townsend’s book Safe People. On their website, Cloud and Townsend ask the question: What are safe people? This is a… Continue Reading “Safe People”

Category: Borderline Personality Disorder, Christianity, emotional abuse, Healing, Jesus, Recovery, relationships, therapyTags: adult children of borderline parents, Borderline Personality Disorder, Christianity, Drs. Cloud and Townsend, healing from past abuse, Jesus as template for safe person, safe people, safe relationships