Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life
by:
Craig Buck (author)
Susan Forward (author)
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dr. Susan Forward's Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them.When you were a child...Did your parents tell you were bad or worthless?Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?Did you have to take care of your parents because of their...
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BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Dr. Susan Forward's Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them.When you were a child...Did your parents tell you were bad or worthless?Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you?Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems?Were you frightened of your parents?Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?Now that you are an adult...Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents?Do your parents control you with threats or guilt?Do they manipulate you with money?Do you feel that no matter what you do, it's never good enough for your parents?In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward drawn on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents -- and discover an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B000SEH80I
Publish date: December 15th 2009
Publisher: Bantam
Pages no: 322
Edition language: English
Healing and insightful but painful to read. Life's a bitch, I guess. No matter what you do, you'll still be on the wrong side, in the wrong life and in therapy.
This book helped reinforce my feelings that that cutting contact with my abusive parents (one of three options after confrontation), and not forgiving since they aren't sorry/refuse to change/continue abuse, truly was the best and healthiest decision for me. It's hard to feel that way sometimes, whe...