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 - GREAT BOOKI loved this book...it was if someone had written my life story! I loved it so much I bought my brother a copy as well! Rating: - Nearly every page is "AHA!"This book, "Surviving a borderline parent" is rapidly speeding up the process that I started 12 years ago of normalizing myself. Now, at 31, I think I am only half way through the process. This book is highlighting aspects of my personality that I would eventually have figured out were caused by my parents. Each page will take a week or so to absorb and ponder, but that is still faster than I was figuring it out myself. Rating: - Gives an adult language and rational structure to painful childhood memoriesMy parents both suffered from BPD. I had no idea they did (although it had been suggested to me by a friend who is a psychiatrist) until I read this book shortly after it was published. There it all was -- the hidden shame and torment of being the child-parent to angry, volatile, hateful, self-destructive, self-centered parents. I never understood what it meant to have my own opinions and wishes. I had lived forty plus years in survival mode until I sought therapy. Thank heavens for this book -- it may rescue another generation of children trapped in these families. Rating:  - A worthwhile bookI'd purchased this book after it was suggested that my parent may have this condition. The book is filled with brief case studies and comments from children of borderline parents. I found that I was able to relate to many of the cases and, on more than one occasion, was brought to tears as I realized there were others out there feeling the same as me. I'm glad I made this purchase as it helped me on many levels. Rating: - Live SaverIf you were raised by parents that for what ever reason were not able to nuture you as a child and you are interested in personal growth this is the book for you! This book is my bible. In association with Amazon.com | |