- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Spiderwize (25 July 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1908128186
- ISBN-13: 978-1908128188
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 515,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Many women today are struggling with the negative side-effects of loving an emotionally abusive man. What is emotional abuse? What are the symptoms of traumatic bonding? How can you recover from the degrading things he's said and done? And what happens when love turns toxic and you think you're going crazy? Using the latest research in the therapeutic effects of creative writing, a writer and tutor with a background in psychology takes you through a step-by-step healing process. Discover-Imagine-Observe-Love... You will discover: What an emotionally abusive relationship looks like, Which damaging story structure you've been trapped in, The personality type of the wolf in your bed. You will recover by: Getting in touch with your imaginative - healing self through writing, Observing the richness of your own thoughts and feelings, Designing a powerful map of your world - one that leaves him on the outside..., Learning to love your life.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is a really engaging and accessible book that explains clearly what emotional abuse in a relationship is, which can sometimes feel hard to define . . . if your partner is making you feel bad about yourself, that you're doing everything wrong, sapping your confidence and making you feel unlovable and to blame, then have a read of this book. Written in a lovely warm style, it gently suggests it might not all be your fault! There are check lists for you to identify the signs of an abusive person and questionnaires to discover if emotional abuse is happening or has happened to you. It reminds you what is and isn't OK in a good, equal, supportive relationship. The book also looks into some pretty sinister original versions of fairy tales (an eye-opener!), with rewrites set in contemporary situations, to show you what bad relationships can look like.
What I think is really helpful is the writing therapy side, that you get to write about yourself as well as read about the subject and other people's experiences. There are gentle, interesting writing exercises throughout, that anyone can do, which really help you get to know yourself and your own feelings. By the end of the book when you've done them all, they've really helped to increase your own inner confidence in who you really are, the person you can be beyond the bad relationship, giving you hope for the future. I especially loved the fairy ring exercise, when you get to look at your life without him in the centre, which gives you back your sense of self. You get to rewrite your own ending, which really helps you feel more in control of yourself and your life.
What I think is really helpful is the writing therapy side, that you get to write about yourself as well as read about the subject and other people's experiences. There are gentle, interesting writing exercises throughout, that anyone can do, which really help you get to know yourself and your own feelings. By the end of the book when you've done them all, they've really helped to increase your own inner confidence in who you really are, the person you can be beyond the bad relationship, giving you hope for the future. I especially loved the fairy ring exercise, when you get to look at your life without him in the centre, which gives you back your sense of self. You get to rewrite your own ending, which really helps you feel more in control of yourself and your life.
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I would recommend this to anyone who has come out of a bad relationship feeling it was somehow all her fault. It is categorically not about hating men but makes it very clear that emotional and physical abuse are unfortunately very common. What is different about this book is the way it uses stories to highlight how abuse can destroy confidence while making you feel powerful enough to change the ending.
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Eye-opener...in more ways than one!
17 Aug 2011
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I have to admit, I brought this book for someone else (who I had been worried was in a 'bad' relationship) but I started flicking through it before I gave it to her and got totally hooked!
I love writing- just poems, short stories...but had never considered that I could work through my problems using the written word. The excersises the author gives are actually really fun to do and VERY thought-proking, even if you are - as I am - in a lovely relationship at the moment. But, I had been emotionally and physically abused in a relationshiop when I was much younger, and this book actually allowed me to properly confront how I felt about what had happened to me...and show me how to 'write my way' to a sort of peace with the person I was then.
Plus, the traditional versons of fairy tales that the writer uses to illustrate the different male archetypes are brilliant, and quite shocking. I found out some things about the real story of The Little Mermaid that would have made the Disney film blush!
Anyway, I would certainly recommend this to people - who either are, or have been, in a bad, (emotionally) abusive relationship, or is worried about someone you know who might be.
I would also urge people, even if they don't already write for fun - to have a go at this writers techniques for writing as a sort of therapy. They are so clever, and feel so easy to actually do. It helped me do something really good for my general sense of happiness (and i'm not a self-help book type of person.
I love writing- just poems, short stories...but had never considered that I could work through my problems using the written word. The excersises the author gives are actually really fun to do and VERY thought-proking, even if you are - as I am - in a lovely relationship at the moment. But, I had been emotionally and physically abused in a relationshiop when I was much younger, and this book actually allowed me to properly confront how I felt about what had happened to me...and show me how to 'write my way' to a sort of peace with the person I was then.
Plus, the traditional versons of fairy tales that the writer uses to illustrate the different male archetypes are brilliant, and quite shocking. I found out some things about the real story of The Little Mermaid that would have made the Disney film blush!
Anyway, I would certainly recommend this to people - who either are, or have been, in a bad, (emotionally) abusive relationship, or is worried about someone you know who might be.
I would also urge people, even if they don't already write for fun - to have a go at this writers techniques for writing as a sort of therapy. They are so clever, and feel so easy to actually do. It helped me do something really good for my general sense of happiness (and i'm not a self-help book type of person.
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