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While this may not technically be a self help book, it has been invaluable to me: The Drama of the Gifted Child, by Alice Miller. It primarily addresses the experience of being parented by narcissists. "Gifted" does not mean having a special talent or being a high academic achiever. It means surviving.
KathrynAragon, I didn't like the film either. That was an interesting comment you made.
Thank you! The movie was pablum - the book had a lot more meat to it. It resonated with me. I took it to heart (after all, whatever it was I'd been doing hadn't been working), and it really clarified the whole dating scene to me. The crazy thing was - the principles were apparently pretty universally true - at least that was my experience.
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie when in my 20's (ways back). Helped me change from introvert to not-quite-extrovert but better.
I Ching helps me clarify my thoughts. Not as an oracle or future predictor but you interpret as you want or need to. Probably the way people visit psychics, who tell them want they already want to believe (I've never been but maybe someday).
I recently re-read "How to Win Friends". It's actually about presenting yourself as someone you aren't, mostly in order to make sales. Kind of creeped me out.
I recently re-read "How to Win Friends". It's actually about presenting yourself as someone you aren't, mostly in order to make sales. Kind of creeped me out.
I've read it more than once, and didn't get that from it at all. It's more about how to be a good listener.
I lived most of life since the age of six in a state of anxiety. I had images and thoughts and mental rituals in my head that I told no one about because I thought were just proof that I was weird.
I saw the book in my 40s and bought it, and immediately identified with what he said, and when I did the quiz included in the book, my result was something like "Danger Zone, seek professional help". I did. My weirdness is OCD, which is an anxiety disorder.
Life is better now. My mind is still full of racing trains that sometimes crash into one another, but I know why and how to manage and even use my thoughts, and I am no longer controlled by the what-ifs.
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