Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Взрослые дети эмоционально незрелых родителей by Lindsay C. Gibson

13 reviews

mads_reads_books's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Addiction, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

julleah's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

glassdanse's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

I think a lot of people would benefit from reading this, even if they themselves are not the children of emotionally immature parents. it isn't an easy read for sure, it made me cry many times and brought up some painful memories. equally, it felt freeing to be so validated, to be finally able to describe my experiences and to get some tangible coping mechanisms for the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

hale7's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Really helpful for people looking to understand their emotionally immature and/or malignant narcissist parents or guardians. Doesn’t hold enough nuance for people of the global majority. Most of the emphasis on the book is how to maintain a relationship with these parents, and didn’t spend enough time on adult children who have already done these steps and are needing to move to low/no contact. Attachment theory would be a helpful addition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

akswhy's review against another edition

hopeful informative fast-paced

3.0

Good information for adults struggling with boundaries with their parents, but I  read it for the final chapter on how to identify emotionally mature people while dating. That chapter was mainly common sense (they ask questions about you, they don’t have a temper, they are steady and consistent emotionally, etc.).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

akvolcano's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Great book! Provided a lot of language to help articulate my experience. Had a lot realizations. Would recommend and would read again!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Confinement, Chronic illness, Death, Ableism, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Infidelity, Hate crime, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexism, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

stepnic's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Misogyny, Child abuse, Abandonment, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Infidelity, and Addiction

johannarose's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

hann_smc's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

This book is a great starting point for learning to recognize emotionally immature behaviors in your parents (and yourself!), but it is very much a starting point. If you have been on this journey for any length of time quite a bit of it becomes redundant. 
The beginning felt like it was leaning "blame all your issues on your parents, don't worry about taking accountability for anything" but later chapters did start to dive into ways to make changes in order to be more emotionally mature / attract emotionally mature people into your life which was good. 
It relies heavily on anecdotes, which sometimes can be interesting, but often they were very surface level and repetitive. 
Again, this book was very much for the start of the journey. If that's where I was then I do think this book would have been more eye-opening for me. As it was, I still did learn and it was able to inspire some soul searching on my part. Especially the later chapters.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

betsygrace's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.75

This was a great read. If anyone has any sort of conflict with a loved one, this book can be a great guide to setting boundaries and reacting to emotionally immature people. I really liked it. Would’ve given it five stars, but it is a little slow. That said, it was still incredibly informative and enlightening for me! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship