« previous next »
Pages: [1]

Author Topic: Book Availabe  (Read 2118 times)

Overcomer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2666
Book Availabe
« on: September 11, 2008, 05:04:58 PM »
A year or two ago someone on the board talked about a website about N mothers and that the psychiatrist was interviewing people.  I signed up to get interviewed and the doctor (karyl McBride) and I talked for over an hour.  The book is out!!!

I think it is called WILL I EVER BE GOOD ENOUGH......I ORDERED A COPY AT AMAZON AND CANNOT WAIT TO READ IT TO SEE IF MY STORY IS OBVIOUS.  IF IT IS I AM GOING TO POST IT AND GIVE IT TO MY MOM!!
Logged
Kelly

"The Best Way Out is Through........and try laughing at yourself"

Ami

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7820
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2008, 06:29:38 PM »
It sounds good ,Kelly.  It will be interesting if you can see yourself in there.       Ami
Logged
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.        Eleanor Roosevelt

Most of our problems come from losing contact with our instincts,with the age old wisdom stored within us.
   Carl Jung

Gaining Strength

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3992
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 09:53:14 AM »
Kelly, I ask this question for you to consider not for you to respond to me.  but I think it important that you bring your expectations up out of the unconscious into the conscious.  What do you expect the results to be by your mother reading your story in McBride's book?  What do you think it will change and how?  How will your life be changed or improved?

I hope you will really consider this.  What are you looking for from your mother that will make your life better?
Logged

Overcomer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2666
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2008, 10:02:09 PM »
I guess what I want is validation.  But you are right, even if she reads it in black and white she won't see it because she is in such denial.  I took a sampler of a new Bible we sell......the Celebrate Recovery Bible...........and the excerpt talks of denial.....my mom does a very good job of denying anything is wrong with her..............so I guess it is futile..........but for me, to see my story in print (even if it is tweaked to protect my privacy.........) will be validation!!!

I was thinking of starting a Children of Narcissist Support Group in my town................I thought it would be a good thing to help others as well...
Logged
Kelly

"The Best Way Out is Through........and try laughing at yourself"

Gaining Strength

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 3992
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2008, 11:47:20 PM »
to see my story in print (even if it is tweaked to protect my privacy.........) will be validation!!!


That will be a wonderful sense of validation.  I know it will feel very good.  I'm glad for you!
Logged

seasons

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 692
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2008, 02:12:01 AM »

Kelly,

I am happy for you too. Validation!! 8)

What a lovely idea for a support group. I wish their was one around me I would be in line to join.

ox seasons
Logged
"Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak Kindly. Leave the Rest to God."
Maya Angelou

Overcomer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2666
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2008, 09:49:08 AM »
For so long I thought I was crazy...or stupid..........or bad...............or whatever thing my mom made me feel.  It wasn't until I worked with her that I finally realized that SHE was the problem.  I had some validation from some VERY credible people a few years back and that is what put the wind in my sails.............I was ok..I was just a victim of a narcissist parent.  So as I am working through my journey, it is my goal to set people straight.  When the counselor told my mom he thought I might have borderling personality (therefore validating HER......)  I wrote him an email and told him of my dismay.  Then I copied an article on victims of narcissism and sent that to him.  My correspondence with him is over but I think I made my point.

Now this book is further validation and if anyone questions me, I will get the book and PROVE myself...............AND I will leave my job.  Maybe when people can't believe I left, I will pull out the book.  Anyway, the further I get from her the better I will feel.  I KNOW it!
Logged
Kelly

"The Best Way Out is Through........and try laughing at yourself"

Ami

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7820
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2008, 07:32:45 PM »
Let us know how the book is after you get it, Kelly.                                               
Logged
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.        Eleanor Roosevelt

Most of our problems come from losing contact with our instincts,with the age old wisdom stored within us.
   Carl Jung

Overcomer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2666
Re: Book Availabe
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2008, 09:53:01 PM »
I got the book yesterday and read it cover to cover and just finished it.  Great book!!  If you had an N mother it is a must read.  Did I see my story in quotes??  No.  She said to me in an email and at the start of the book that most of her stories were composites of several people put together.  There were a couple of Kellyisms that I might have said.........like there was mention of taking a flying leap and I say that all the time.  Nothing so obvious that I could post it note it and give it to my mom but it is a how to book for us to heal.  I think you could find it at a local store....I ordered it from Amazon...
Logged
Kelly

"The Best Way Out is Through........and try laughing at yourself"

Overcomer

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2666
Must Read for daughters of Narcissist Moms
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2008, 07:59:30 PM »
Ami you have got to read this.......and Beth and anyone else with an N mom.,...
Logged
Kelly

"The Best Way Out is Through........and try laughing at yourself"
Pages: [1]
« previous next »