Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Dzień dobry, potworku. Historie z terapii, które inspirują do walki o samego siebie by Catherine Gildiner

7 reviews

ali_runs_and_reads's review against another edition

5.0

🎧 Good Morning Monster by Catherine Gildiner

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If you’re looking for a compelling non-fiction book, this is it. Catherine Fildiner is a renowned therapist in Canada. In this book she recounts the story of five different patients who changed her life that she considers a hero. Each section of the book follows one patient from the time they enter therapy until they leave, and then a followup when she talked to them about using their story in this book. She goes to great length to conceal identities and maintain her patient’s anonymity. Each story is different. All start out as someone entering therapy who thinks they’re nothing special, but as their story emerges we see they are incredible resilient people. All have been through hell and back and we see how therapy heals them and allows them to grow and live a fulfilling and meaningful life. It made for a great audiobook. These are not easy stories to hear, but all five of her patients truly are heroes. Trigger warnings abound, so proceed with caution. I got this one from the library, but it is also available on Kindle through Kindle Unlimited. I’ve see Good Morning, Monster compared to the book Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, so I’m putting that one on my list. I don’t think I will ever forget the stories in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Animal death, Rape, Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Pedophilia

florapants84's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Gaslighting, Self harm, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Bullying, Body shaming, Blood, Animal death, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

botanicalprofanity's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cancer, Deadnaming, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Incest, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, and Rape

megbooks02's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

“Therapy is a matter of getting your unconscious to stop controlling your conscious mind. Effective therapy is about lowering your defenses so that you can deal with the issues that arise in your life.”

This was a really great read! Although I found Good Morning, Monster lacking a little at times because it primarily focuses on psychoanalytic/psychodynamic approaches, it was still very well done! Dr. Gild is incredibly insightful, and there are so many good reminders about therapy in this unputdownable book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Incest, Self harm, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Rape, Chronic illness, Confinement, Eating disorder, Grief, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Police brutality, Racism, and Suicide attempt

greatu's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Genocide, Incest, Infidelity, Infertility, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Torture, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Violence, and Vomit

thewordfountain's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Confinement

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

eurybia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

Let me start by saying I don't think this book should be compared to "Maybe you should talk to somebody" in any way. Yes, both books are about a psychologist telling you about their cases but that's honestly were the similarities end in my opinion.
While "Maybe you should talk to somebody" takes a more humorous approach, this book can be incredibly dark at times. I would definitely recommend checking out the trigger warnings ahead of time as a lot of these heroes have experienced everything under the sun. 
Now about this book specifically, I think it did what it set out to do. It was a very interesting case study that explored the strength of the human mind. On numerous occasions I was deeply disturbed and deeply touched by the things this book explored. 
Overall, definitely proceed with caution. However, if you are interested in psychology this is absolutely worth a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence