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Nusistatyk ribas, atrask ramybę: patarimai, kaip susigrąžinti savo tikrąjį aš by Nedra Glover Tawwab
4 reviews
jen_b's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Important info but reads more like an expansion of multiple Instagram posts than a cohesive book. Not very in depth.
Content Warnings
Minor: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment
orchidd's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Addiction, Rape, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide
ashleycmms's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Alcohol, Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, and Toxic friendship
bluejayreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
5.0
I've been looking for a good book on boundaries since I heard the term in college. Cloud and Townsend's famous book was too aggressively religious for me, and Anne Katherine's was ... bad. I didn't have high hopes for this one because I couldn't even find anything on the internet that could define boundaries for me, let alone tell me how to set one.
Well, friends, this is the book I was looking for.
Reading this book is a wild experience, because it keeps having moments of, "let me recontextualize your entire life in one sentence. Moving on..." I paused countless times to just stop and think and wrote down no less than seven verbatim quotes while reading because this book insists on dropping explosions of wisdom like they're obvious and continuing on while I'm still reeling. Reading this book redefined my childhood, explained how several relationship implosions in my past were at least partially caused by me not setting boundaries, and made setting boundaries make sense and feel doable.
I'm still not entirely sure I can give you a definition of what a boundary is, but I at least feel like I understand the idea in a vague, nebulous way. What this book did give me was an understanding of what happens when you don't set boundaries, different areas where boundaries can and should be set (did you know you can have boundaries around your possessions? I didn't!), the psychology around boundaries, common ways people react to you setting boundaries, suggestions of possible boundaries to set if you have no idea where to start, and most importantly, how to set and reinforce your boundaries with others.
This book is so inspiring and hopeful and explains so much about so many things. I've known a few boundaries I need to set, but this book makes it feel actually doable. It doesn't promise that setting boundaries is going to be easy or comfortable but it does promise it's both healthy and possible. It's both an instruction manual for setting boundaries and a permission slip from a real actual therapist that you're allowed to set boundaries and say no. I feel like so much understanding that I didn't even know I was missing has just been granted to me. Read this book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Some phrasing is not intended as victim blaming but could be interpreted as such.
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