PDF Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life Setting Boundaries on Unhealthy Relationships David Hawkins 9780736918411 Books

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Product details Paperback 250 pages Publisher Harvest House Publishers; 1.2.2007 edition (February 1, 2007) Language English ISBN-10 0736918418

Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life Setting Boundaries on Unhealthy Relationships David Hawkins 9780736918411 Books Reviews

• This book is insightful and will guide you toward resolution of difficult people in your life and the games they play with you, for their benefit. Life is challenging enough without having to sidestep people who are neurotics with agendas that destroy rather than build you up. I liked the conversational style the psychologist Dr. David Hawkins uses at the beginning of the book to ease his way into the "gold" -- the issues and tissues stuff. He writes frankly, from years of psychotherapy experience as well as experiences freely shared from his own life confrontations. At first I thought "I" was at fault. Now I realize in many instances I was merely a sounding board for difficult people, crazy making people, to fixate on my kind nature and listening ear. It's refreshing to know that I can now manage to deactivate interpersonal games quickly and without "trauma drama." If you are tired of being a victim of the infantile narcissist, grab an herbal and this book. You are in for quite a journey toward mental health...with or without Toto at your side.
• For a very long time I have been upset with how a difficult person in the family treats me. This individual is often rude to me and it is usually done when no one else is around.
  
  I am writing this review after the Christmas holidays, where once again this person upset me by their rude behavior. My loving sister gave me very good advice - stop being a victim. She said that I play a role in how people treat me. So, I found this book on and the advice from Dr. David Hawkins will help me set goals and boundaries with this individual. I have decided to end the relationship and move on and enjoy my life. I have family and friends who are good to me. This person can find someone else as the target for their own unhappiness.
• Great book identifying the personality types that will drive any rational person crazy. I should have learned this stuff in college or earlier in life. Savvy people know this stuff, but I had to read this book to get a handle on the subject. The book does rely on a Christian thematic at times. It did not bother me, as actually the crazy ones need lots of help, and it can only come from God; and the only way you can heal is by forgiveness. And for humans that is very hard to do after having dealt with a crazy maker. This book was so useful I have passed it on to others. This book opened up my shut eyes.
• I have read a few of these types of books and this one stands out in a few strange ways. The author shares his own experiences of ways he failed to deal well with difficult people and the things he learned along the way. It's very down to earth and quick to get to the point. Besides that, I don't think I have come across advice quite like this before, and it feels completely right to me. One thing I am taking from this will be the part about what people get out of getting the reaction out of you that makes you feel stupid and crazy. They want you to DANCE to their crazy tune -how to look out for that and be ready for it. I will be using this advice every day. It is presented in a way that made it feel like you were getting really good advice from a wise and truly kind friend.
  
  Another reviewer mentioned the christian perspective, and i wanted to say something about it it too. I am not a Christian but I was raised in a very religious Christian family and environment and I am an atheist now. Normally I would not have been able to stomach so much preaching and would have written the book off quickly, but the advice seemed too valuable to let that get in the way. Maybe there should have been something about that in the book description, but I probably would have passed it up if it had.
• This had some good points, but not enough practical solutions.
  
  I think one of the most frustrating things was the way it was organized. Each paragraph seemed to spend a few sentences talking about each of the different types of crazy-makers. The next paragraph would start over with each type, again. It would have been more helpful to have a complete section on each type, rather than skipping around. It made it more difficult to follow.
  
  I think Cloud and Townsend's books "Boundaries" and "Boundaries in Marriage" did a much better job and explaining not only the problems, but the solutions.
• When dealing with those folks in my life that seem to live to make me miserable and cause problems, it makes clear the problem(s) really belong to those troublemakers. This book gives clear and concise ways to handle almost any situation that those crazymakers throw at me without giving MY power away by dealing out the wrong responses and/or retaliation based on my own fickle feelings. It was an eyeopener into what makes these folks tick and made me have sympathy and understanding for these folks in my life as they are the ones that are truly suffering....not those of us that they make crazy! Empowering reading!
• Dr Hawkins is genuine, honest, full of respect and a wise, seasoned tool of God to help us through this junk! Helped me tremendously and I am super grateful for him, and for this excellent work! Its easy to read too! A must read if you think you've got a crazy maker in your life. And if you're honest with yourself, you'll learn what some of your junk is, and how to "deal with it"! I did. ). Thanks Dr. Hawkins!
• From the start-this read details everything you need to know about who crazymakers are-what they do-and advice on how to respond to them.
  Very worthwhile read if you have one( or more) in your life.