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jstreussnig's review against another edition
5.0
wow
This book is fantastic and I wish everyone could read it. Lots of practical advice, enlightening information, and thought-provoking, beautiful prose.
This book is fantastic and I wish everyone could read it. Lots of practical advice, enlightening information, and thought-provoking, beautiful prose.
readingrainheaux's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
lory_enterenchanted's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
3.0
I skim-read this because I felt like a lot of the content was unnecessary filler (like telling us repeatedly This is What I'm Going to Say; This Is What I Just Said; This Is What Is In This Book), or I had already read it in better, more substantial form elsewhere. However, I want to go back and read some parts that are more practical more thoroughly and glean what might be useful. In terms of "Self-help" a reader could be disappointed to reach the middle and be told "and now you really need to have therapy." Good advice, perhaps, but not what one buys a book for. Fortunately I got this from the library.
rhiannon814r's review against another edition
reflective
1.25
This book was just an advertisement for a cult
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Moderate: Body horror and Body shaming
gonza_basta's review
3.0
Years ago I had read a book called "The highly sensitive person," and since then I've been wondering if perhaps, after so many years (it's a 1996 book) we can talk about people on the autism spectrum, partly because the symptoms seem to me to be quite similar in some ways. There is also the possibility that we finally delve into the "autistic but extroverted" person as well, which seems an almost impossible condition, but I would say quite present, based on my experience as a psychologist also.
Anyway, this book is well written, provides self-diagnosis tools and several "survival" strategies as it were. I just wouldn't sell it as new idea.
Anni fa avevo letto un libro che si chiamava "The highly sensitive person" ed é da allora che mi chiedo se forse, dopo tanti anni (é un libro del 1996) si possa parlare di persone sullo spettro autistico, anche perché i sintomi mi sembrano parecchio simili per certi versi. C'é anche la possibilitá che si approfondisca finalmente anche la persona "autistica ma estroversa" che sembra una condizione quasi impossibile, ma direi piuttosto presente, basandomi sulla mia esperienza di psicologa.
Comunque questo libro é scritto bene, fornisce strumenti di autodiagnosi e parecchie strategie "di sopravvivenza" come dire. Solo che non lo venderei come una novitá.
I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.
Anyway, this book is well written, provides self-diagnosis tools and several "survival" strategies as it were. I just wouldn't sell it as new idea.
Anni fa avevo letto un libro che si chiamava "The highly sensitive person" ed é da allora che mi chiedo se forse, dopo tanti anni (é un libro del 1996) si possa parlare di persone sullo spettro autistico, anche perché i sintomi mi sembrano parecchio simili per certi versi. C'é anche la possibilitá che si approfondisca finalmente anche la persona "autistica ma estroversa" che sembra una condizione quasi impossibile, ma direi piuttosto presente, basandomi sulla mia esperienza di psicologa.
Comunque questo libro é scritto bene, fornisce strumenti di autodiagnosi e parecchie strategie "di sopravvivenza" come dire. Solo che non lo venderei come una novitá.
I received from the Publisher a complimentary digital advanced review copy of the book in exchange for a honest review.
j0098's review
1.0
Ok, so she yammers for 3 hours before she says I’ll show you how to regulate. Then, she just blabbers like a salesman about what she’ll do. I’m not sure there’s an answer here. She just further disregulated my nervous system by pissing me off. Geez! I’ll Google ideas. DNF 30%, skimmed to 45%