this book felt like looking in a mirror
intro I picked the buddha and the borderlin e cause i didn’t wanna read another clean perfect story about mental health. I wanted something that actually feels like it. Kiera van gelder ’s story is messy and loud and too real sometimes. She writes about living with borderline personality disorder and trying to rebuild her life with dbt , buddhism and love. I’m writing this like a blog cause that’s how i actually think. I don’t wanna sound academic. I just wanna be honest. Summary The book follows Kiera through everything falling apart and trying to put herself back together again. She talks about addiction, bad relationships, therapy , self hate, and learning how to be alone without going crazy. She starts using dbt skills like mindfulness and emotion regulation , and slowly she starts seeing herself better. It’s not clean or inspiring every second. It’s just real. Reading it felt like sitting inside her head while she tried to calm the chaos. Connect...