Quotes by : Kiera Van Gelder

We need this help from the outside because we don't know how to to do this for ourselves. We start with....

I've grown up with an ethic, call it a part, that insists I hide my pain at all costs. As I talk, I feel....

Thirty seconds of pure awareness is a long time, especially after a lifetime of escaping yourself at....

All the skills from DBT glom together, a mass of acronyms without any meaning. I pull out the DBT books....

Yet I also recognize this: Even if everyone in the world were to accept me and my illness and validate....

So at family gatherings… I try to stick to the acceptable script. Indeed, I discover that the less....

For those of us with BPD, entering into a shared experience means passing through the ring of fire that....

An inner ease spreads inside me. Such is the power of acceptance and understanding from other people,....

I need them to be aware and present with me in the midst of the storm, not just tell me what to do.

In some ways, com­ing to terms with my­self and work­ing to­ward re­cov­ery has been like say­ing....