Marsha M. Linehan Quotes
Radical acceptance rests on letting go of the illusion of control and a willingness to notice and accept things as they are right now, without judging.
You can feel like a mental patient, but that doesn't mean you have to act like one.
People with BPD are like people with third degree burns over 90% of their bodies. Lacking emotional skin, they feel agony at the slightest touch or movement.
Responding to a suicide attempt by insisting that it must stop, and devoting the full resources of therapy to preventing it, is a communication with compassion and care at its very core.