Alli T. (neugotik) reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 13 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Hm - this book starts out & continues with extreme religious text, quotes from the bible, religious overtones & blaming of the parents for the choice of our marriage partner (claiming we marry the worst of our two parents personality and then try to "fix" our partner thereby fixing our relationship to our parents).
It goes on to say everyone is a "jerk" either a lvl 1, lvl 2 or lvl "N" (psychopath) - but even the author's stories of himself, being a "lvl 1" were way beyond what most people I know do.
He states everyone is born with Narcissism - Sigmund Freud believed that some narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth and was the first to use the term in the reference to psychology
At core this book is based on Freud: we're all somewhat in love w/our parents & want to "fix" what went wrong via our relationships/marriage - that God is real and and that we "grow up" to reduce our selfishness but we are all have Narcissism... AND that we are all Masocistic : Just to what degree (?!).
I couldn't read it - to be honest to me it is a bunch of hogwash - so I'll post for a bit / if no one claims this book I'll donate it. :(
It goes on to say everyone is a "jerk" either a lvl 1, lvl 2 or lvl "N" (psychopath) - but even the author's stories of himself, being a "lvl 1" were way beyond what most people I know do.
He states everyone is born with Narcissism - Sigmund Freud believed that some narcissism is an essential part of all of us from birth and was the first to use the term in the reference to psychology
At core this book is based on Freud: we're all somewhat in love w/our parents & want to "fix" what went wrong via our relationships/marriage - that God is real and and that we "grow up" to reduce our selfishness but we are all have Narcissism... AND that we are all Masocistic : Just to what degree (?!).
I couldn't read it - to be honest to me it is a bunch of hogwash - so I'll post for a bit / if no one claims this book I'll donate it. :(
Darlene K. (blackie062) reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 48 more book reviews
oh my god what a read.. it made me realize i need to speak to a therapist for all the jerks ive had in my life....
Rick M. (giebeman) reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 209 more book reviews
Good advice if you believe you allow yourself to be used or walked over by others.
Sherry C. reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 21 more book reviews
This book is about being aware of being abused by jerks, our own jerk tendencies, our past effects our present relationships and how to develop mature relationships.
Susan H. reviewed Don't Let Jerks Get The Best Of You Advice For Dealing With Difficult People on + 29 more book reviews
To be honest it made me think of my family when I read this book. It was honest and refreshing. By the way, I love my family, but I may not like them all of the time.
