CHERYLE O'MALLEY

“Intended to shield the borderline from a barrage of contradictory feelings and images—and from the anxiety of trying to reconcile those images—the splitting mechanism often and ironically achieves the opposite effect: the frays in the personality fabric become full-fledged rips; the sense of her own identity and the identities of others shift even more dramatically and frequently.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

“Technically defined, splitting is the rigid separation of positive and negative thoughts and feelings about oneself and others; that is, the inability to synthesize these feelings.”
― Jerold J. Kreisman, I Hate You--Don't Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality

“Day Thirty-five   just for today, i'll remember that kind words accomplish much more than harsh words. .”
― Tom Walsh, Just for Today, The Expanded Edition

“Should haves are worthless in life, I’ve always believed,” Asa said. “You just keep moving forward into what the Lord gives you.”
― Beth Wiseman, An Amish Christmas: December in Lancaster County