Customer Reviews
Recovery is possible! - By: moon tree, 17 Jul 2008 
I've read many memoirs of mental illnessin my life & I truly believe this one is the best. It's gripping, moving, well written, & a great source of hope & inspiration.
It must have taken an incredible amount of courage to write a book like this. Rachel doesn't shy away from showing the uglier sides of borderline personality disorder, & many reviewers have dismissed her as a "spoiled brat". However, I was impressed by her strength & determinationin overcoming her problems, & her gutsin sharing her story to help others.
One thing that struck me when I read the book was Rachel's financial situation. From previous reviews, & from the knowledge she had psychoanalysis three times a week, I had assumed she must be a very rich woman who could afford to see her therapist as often as she wanted. This turned out not to be the case at all. In order to pay for her therapy, Rachel had to accept handouts from family members who'd abused her, get into debt, & at one point make a deal with her psychiatrist where she cut back on sessions & he lowered his rates. I think it was this resolve to get the help she needed & pay for it however she could that allowed Rachel to recover, where many others would have given up.
I have just discussed Get Me Out of Here with a friend who has BPD, & who read the book herself a few years ago. She told me it was Rachel's memoir that encouraged her to get back into work, so that she would be able to afford to choose her treatment. She is now seeing a private therapist & well on the way to recovery.
I would recommend this book as a source of hope & insight to anyone who has BPD, & as a source of understanding to anyone who doesn't. Just be prepared to read it with an open mind.
Worth reading. - By: R. Dalziel, 24 Jun 2008 
Definitely one worth reading if you are a relative or have been diagnosed with BPD. An interesting account of one woman's journey through therapy, although I agree with a previous reviewer that it came across as being quite a speedy process. I did find it a bit American & schmultzy at times especially towards the end but maybe that's just my cynical side!
fellow BPD sufferer! - By: S. Gavaghan, 08 May 2008 reading this book i was amazed how much of her life, feelings, thoughts, actions, pain etc reflected my own! It made me realise just how much BPD effects your life & made me realise things about myself that i wouldn't have thought about or noticed without reading this book! I would say its a MUST HAVEA READ for all bpd suffers or people want to try & understand the condition! I couldn't put it down!
from a BP - By: J. Griffith, 26 Mar 2008 
I am diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I think it's important that people remember that each & every BP is different! Just because you have a diagnosis it doesn't mean your experiences or perception of the disorder will be the same - that said it's also true that some people are misdiagnosed - or often experience comorbidity - the presense of another illness such as depression, an anxiety disorder or an eating disorder (on top of BPD).
I found this book comfortingin some ways. The author is very honest & writesin a genuine way,in a sense putting herselfin a vulnerable place. I related very much to some of the events regarding hospital admission & outpatient psychotherapy. I think there are many thingsin the book that people aren't willing to talk about - some of the least socially accepted aspects of the disorder.
I would recommend this book to someone with BPD & anyone who has a real interestin the experience of what it's like to have the disorder, remembering it's only one person's experience - not all BP's are the same!
I gave it three stars :).
daunting - By: H. Panayiotou, 02 Dec 2007 
I found this book very unhelpful for all parties involved, people with borderline, & those who live with them, & love them. Rachel comes across as a total brat, someone who has 24 hour psychiatric care; to be honest this is not really realistic of living with this disorder. I know because I was diagnosed with borderline about six years ago after a very long timein & out of the mental health services. I am not a spoilt brat, simply someone who has to try & live life feeling every emotion enhanced by at least ten, this being sadness, happiness, anger, loneliness, hopelessness.... it's not about acting like a five year old, its being unable to be rational when things hurt so bad... I don't have a psychiatrist on call 24/7. It's nothing at all like thatin real life.
The book doesn'tin any way explain her behaviours of feelings, or how she recovers? (People don't simply recover; they learn to cope with years of help...)I find the whole book very misleading & urge anyone who is trying to understand the illness to look elsewhere for help/inspiration/information.
I don't think the book deserves more than a one star rating, & this is only because i can't give it a nil rating.
