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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
Tremendously healing & thought-provoking book!, 9 Feb 1999
By A Customer
So many self-help books are badly written, offering warmed-over rehashes of what's been said many times, or giving simplistic "Dr. Laura"-type answers to complex problems. IF YOU HAD CONTROLLING PARENTS is one of the most original, well-written, thought-provoking books I have read. This book provides the most penetrating understanding of dysfunctional family dynamics I've ever seen. I understand my controlling mother and "strong, silent" father on so many more levels than I thought possible after reading this book. The author gives many examples, exercises and questions, all of which encourage you to think for yourself -- which is particularly good after a lifetime of being told how to think. While many self-help books help you understand a life problem but offer few tools to solve it, nearly half of this book is dedicated to offering wonderfully original ways of both healing and problem solving -- giving readers many ways to grow instead of some simple-minded pat formula.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
BRILLIANT AND SPOT ON, 16 Mar 2004
By A Customer
I could not put the book down, absolutley spot on! I wish I had read this book years ago. To be honest I read toxic parents (which is excellent) years ago but did not action, I was too afraid. After reading this book I am going to change things in my life, I do not feel afraid, it has given me more confidence, a must read for any adult who is controlled by their parents, I feel that I am not alone, I was not the only person who had controlling parents. I am in my 40's and have broken the chain with my children. I hightly recomment this book!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
It made the difference between life and death (literally), 8 Nov 1998
By A Customer
This book did not save my life: it GAVE me a life, for the first time in 38 years. I will be 39 next month; what an uncommon birthday gift Dr. Neuharth has given me. I read his book in fewer than two days; it prevented me from committing suicide. This is an extraordinary step for me. I am a Puerto Rican Jew with no brothers or sisters or a single person whom I ever thought of as a friend; I am a person who was different physically and socially, who was ostracized by society and dominated by both parents, to the point that at the age of 24, I still had only a 10:00 pm curfew. Dr. Neuharth's book enlightened me so deeply and thoroughly, I literally shook from excitement, as if a baby was being born. I was being born as I read his book. Now I know that I am somebody, after all. I'm not second-rate, as I always "knew" all my "life". I NOW have life. I cried so hard and uncontrollably upon reading that I really DO have brothers and sisters: 15 MILLION adults who are just like me! I'm not alone, after all. For the first time in 38 years, I believe in God. His name is Dan Neuharth. Because God gives life, and Dr. Neuharth gave life to me.
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