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annushka79's review against another edition
5.0
I am not alone
over the years, I struggled with my relationship with my parents. I always thought they did the best for me and i was just a bad daughter who was constantly ruining their life. Well, this book opened my eyes. Don't think it's one of those "everything bad in your life is your parents' fault" mumbo-jumbo. The author specifically warns against that. You have to take responsibility for your own life. But if yoy were raised by people incapable of providing you with love and support you needed as a child, it's time to grow up and redefine your relationship. Frequently you will not be able to change your parents, but you can change yourself, your perception and your relationship with them using the techniques in this book.
over the years, I struggled with my relationship with my parents. I always thought they did the best for me and i was just a bad daughter who was constantly ruining their life. Well, this book opened my eyes. Don't think it's one of those "everything bad in your life is your parents' fault" mumbo-jumbo. The author specifically warns against that. You have to take responsibility for your own life. But if yoy were raised by people incapable of providing you with love and support you needed as a child, it's time to grow up and redefine your relationship. Frequently you will not be able to change your parents, but you can change yourself, your perception and your relationship with them using the techniques in this book.
xuaeyaqonavosoi's review against another edition
3.0
Ogólnie książka dosyć pocieszająca, że czasami za nasze spierdolenie odpowiada coś więcej niż my sami, ale według mnie momentami trochę zbyt mocno liże po tyłku
cal_rykardt's review against another edition
4.0
Some useful reading here.
As an adult child of a toxic-mother and passive enabling father, some of the scenarios here rang true with me.
I don't think the book itself is a one-stop shop to reclaiming your life, but I think it would be very helpful in tandem with counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy.
There are handy insights and a couple of exercises that are quite cathartic. - I enjoyed writing the "Fairytale" so much that I'm turning this into fully fledged tale about the recovery from a torrid childhood
Again - it won't give you all the answers in order to move on, but it will perhaps help you break the cycle.
As an adult child of a toxic-mother and passive enabling father, some of the scenarios here rang true with me.
I don't think the book itself is a one-stop shop to reclaiming your life, but I think it would be very helpful in tandem with counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy.
There are handy insights and a couple of exercises that are quite cathartic. - I enjoyed writing the "Fairytale" so much that I'm turning this into fully fledged tale about the recovery from a torrid childhood
Again - it won't give you all the answers in order to move on, but it will perhaps help you break the cycle.
lindsayb's review against another edition
3.0
There's some useful stuff in here, but you have to wade through a bit of the normcore-of-the-early-00s-ish-ness. It could really benefit from an updated edition.
mikecnorthrup's review against another edition
5.0
This book does a fantastic job of helping adult children of toxic parents identify the fact that their parents are, in fact, toxic. Further, the reader walks away a with tangible action items on how to unweave the damage and move forward with their lives. I read it in hopes that it would be of help to me, but found that I am further along in the healing process than I gave myself credit for.
mirrored's review against another edition
5.0
This book changed my life. There are very few books that I can say that of, likely less than I can count on one hand. This is one of them.