Publisher's Synopsis
When you were a kid...
- Did your parents say you were terrible or worthless?
- Did your parents use physical pain to reprimand you?
- Did you have to take care of your parents due of their problems?
- Were you terrified of your parents?
- Did your parents do anything to you that had to be kept secret?
- Do your parents still treat you as if you were a child?
- Do you experience powerful emotional or physical responses after spending time with your parents?
- Do your parents manage you through threats or guilt
- Do they manipulate you with money?
- Do you feel like no matter what you do, it's never good enough for your parents?
In this remarkable self-help guide, the author of this book has Forward drawn 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 an exciting new world of self-confidence, inner strength, and emotional independence.
