Quotes by : Kiera Van Gelder

I'm so good at beginnings, but in the end I always seem to destroy everything, including myself.

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

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

DBT's catchphrase of developing a life worth living means you're not just surviving; rather, you have....

I’m not interested in Bob Marley telling me to ‘lively up’ myself. The only music that satisfies....

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

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....

Accepting a psychiatric diagnosis is like a religious conversion. It's an adjustment in cosmology, with....