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Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People
Thomas Erikson
3.3 AVERAGE
116 reviews for:
Surrounded by Narcissists: How to Effectively Recognize, Avoid, and Defend Yourself Against Toxic People
Thomas Erikson
3.3 AVERAGE
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
medium-paced
Thank you to St. Martin's Essentials for a gift advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
As someone who is close with multiple people I'd classify as narcissists, I was so excited for this book. I had never read anything by Erikson before but was very interested based on the synopsis. I was very disappointed by this book, though. It started out with a great explanation of what makes a narcissists and outlines narcissistic personality disorder. However, I quickly noticed there were no sources for the information and everything is told to the reader very matter of factly. I looked to the references section, and there wasn't even a source cited until Chapter 7, and only 15 citations for the entire book. And the most important part - discussions on narcissistic personality disorder do not even reference the DSM!
This book is very preachy (not in the usual self help way) and Erikson writes as if he is THE expert on the topic. I expected after the first couple of chapters for him to be like "hah! these chapters were a joke! they were written from the POV of a narcissist" But unfortunately, those chapters were meant to be taken as fact.
There are some nuggets of advice on noticing when gaslighting is happening, and for dealing with narcissists. But do not recommend this as an unbiased, reliable source on learning about narcissists and living with them.
As someone who is close with multiple people I'd classify as narcissists, I was so excited for this book. I had never read anything by Erikson before but was very interested based on the synopsis. I was very disappointed by this book, though. It started out with a great explanation of what makes a narcissists and outlines narcissistic personality disorder. However, I quickly noticed there were no sources for the information and everything is told to the reader very matter of factly. I looked to the references section, and there wasn't even a source cited until Chapter 7, and only 15 citations for the entire book. And the most important part - discussions on narcissistic personality disorder do not even reference the DSM!
This book is very preachy (not in the usual self help way) and Erikson writes as if he is THE expert on the topic. I expected after the first couple of chapters for him to be like "hah! these chapters were a joke! they were written from the POV of a narcissist" But unfortunately, those chapters were meant to be taken as fact.
There are some nuggets of advice on noticing when gaslighting is happening, and for dealing with narcissists. But do not recommend this as an unbiased, reliable source on learning about narcissists and living with them.
4.7
we’ve been trough some hard times together
kapitola/y o rodičovstve neboli it, ale inak
we’ve been trough some hard times together
kapitola/y o rodičovstve neboli it, ale inak
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3,5/5
Czegoś mi w tej książce brakowało, chociaż w sumie nie wiem czego lmao. Pozycja sama w sobie skłoniła mnie do wielu refleksji
Czegoś mi w tej książce brakowało, chociaż w sumie nie wiem czego lmao. Pozycja sama w sobie skłoniła mnie do wielu refleksji
Olen lukenut tähän mennessä kaikki Eriksonin kirjat. Vaikka hän ylikäyttää sanaa FANTASTISK ja välillä vähän jaarittelee, hän tietää mistä puhuu. Kirja avaa hyvin perinteisen narsismin lisäksi nykyaikaista narsistista kulttuuria, NPD:tä eli narsistista persoonallisuushäiriötä, narsismia piirteinä ja kollektiivista narsismia. Hieman kirjassa myös poiketaan psykopatian ja machiavellianismin puolella. Loistava kirja.