Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your LifeRandom House Publishing Group, 2002/01/02 - 320 ページ Are you the child of toxic parents? When you were a child... • Did your parents tell you you were bad or worthless? • Did your parents use physical pain to discipline you? • Did you have to take care of your parents because of their problems? • Were you often frightened of your parents? • Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret? Now that you’re an adult... • Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child? • Do you have intense emotional or physical reactions after spending time with your parents? • Do your parents control you with threats or guilt? Do they manipulate you with money? • Do you feel that no matter what you do, it’s never good enough for your parents? In this remarkable self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the real-life voices of adult children of toxic parents to help you free yourself from the frustrating patterns of your relationship with your parents — and discover a new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence. |
目次
Introduction | 1 |
Godlike Parents | 15 |
Just Because You Didnt Mean It Doesnt Mean | 30 |
Why Cant They Let Me Live My Own Life? | 47 |
No One in This Family Is an Alcoholic | 69 |
The Bruises Are All on the Inside | 92 |
Sometimes the Bruises Are on the Outside Too The Physical Abusers | 111 |
The Ultimate Betrayal The Sexual Abusers | 131 |
You Dont Have to Forgive | 177 |
Im a Grownup Why Dont I Feel Like One? | 182 |
The Beginnings of SelfDefinition | 194 |
Whos Really Responsible? | 205 |
The Road to Independence | 223 |
Healing the Incest Wound | 260 |
Breaking the Cycle | 290 |
EpilogueLetting Go of the Struggle | 301 |
Why Do Parents Behave This Way? The Family System | 157 |
RECLAIMING YOUR LIFE | 173 |
Suggested Reading | 307 |
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