As a person with what I would consider "moderate" BPD, this book is not very good for the BPD sufferer. The stories in this book are very cliche and in my opinion do not capture the essence of living with someone who is BPD. In ways it is harder living with me than the examples in the book. In other ways though I am not nearly so silly as some of the examples given. When I bought the book I had thought that the authors had a diagnoses of BPD. When I found out though they they were simply experts on the subject I was taken aback. As I began to read I noticed that this book did not seem to understand the reality of a BPD diagnosis, it seemed very clinical. I found the book "The Borderline and the Buddha" the best book on BPD that I have read and I would highly recommend it. As a plus it is written by a actual BPD patient!