Sometimes I Act Crazy or Just Two More Bites

Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

Author: Hal Straus

A source of hope, expert advice, and guidance for people with borderline personality disorder and those who love them

Do you experience frightening, often violent mood swings that make you fear for your sanity? Are you often depressed? Do you engage in self-destructive behaviors such as drug or alcohol abuse, anorexia, compulsive eating, self-cutting, and hair pulling? Do you feel empty inside, or as if you don’t know who you are? Do you dread being alone and fear abandonment? Do you have trouble finishing projects, keeping a job, or forming lasting relationships?

If you or someone you love answered yes to the majority of these questions, there’s a good chance that you or that person suffers from borderline personality disorder, a commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed psychological problem afflicting tens of millions of people. Princess Diana was one of the most well-known BPD sufferers.

As a source of hope and practical advice for BPD sufferers and those who love them, this new book by Dr. Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus, bestselling authors of I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me, offers proven techniques that help you:

• Manage mood swings

• Develop lasting relationships

• Improve your self-esteem

• Keep negative thoughts at bay

• Control destructive impulses

• Understand your treatment options

• Find professional help

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Just Two More Bites!: Helping Picky Eaters Say Yes to Food

Author: Linda D Piett

Turn "Yuck!" into "Yum!" How often do you find yourself begging or bribing your child to eat? Every parent experiences the frustration of picky eating, but how do you know if it's just a passing phase-or cause for concern? Pediatric nutritionist Linda Piette has the answers that will help you solve the frustrating problem of infant, toddler, and preschooler mealtimes. Filled with insightful and inspiring stories of many children's struggles with food, Just Two More Bites! gives concrete help to frustrated parents with real-life answers for how to handle day-to-day food struggles. Inside, Piette will also tell you: • How to make food more appealing to children • Why your child loves a food one day and rejects it the next • How to spot food allergies and digestion problems • Mealtime Do's and Don'ts Just Two More Bites! will revolutionize mealtimes in your home and help you and your child enjoy food and develop a lifetime of healthy eating habits.

Library Journal

Here is a formidable, easy-to-read guide full of great solutions and resources for parents having difficult mealtimes with their picky infants and preschoolers. Piette's many years of experience as a pediatric nutritionist and a dietitian especially shine in her extended coverage of toddlerhood, the age when picky eating manifests itself the most owing to the independence-seeking character of toddlers. Therein lies the great asset of this book-Piette parallels eating habits with developmental psychology, demonstrating how development influences behavior. Parents of "normal" kids-that is, kids not suffering from a disease that prevents them from eating well-should ignore fussy behaviors, not offer different foods every time one is rejected, and should set clear limits about mealtime behaviors, Piette advises. Picky eating is not a problem until growth is affected. That's when parents should seek professional help. Also addressed are parents of children with disabilities. Ultimately, Piette's message of not giving too much importance to food refusal while taking eating seriously is well communicated. Highly recommended for all public libraries.-Maryse Breton, Baldwin P.L., Birmingham, MI Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.