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

19 reviews

makinzimyers's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Incest, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

katiejohns's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Abandonment, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Cancer, Self harm, Child abuse, Body shaming, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

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

kathrynclaire's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Physical abuse, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, and Suicide attempt

nighttidenik's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and this had the same vibe. I feel the client stories in this one are more graphic, but not for shock factor. It is made clear that even after tremendous adversity, it is possible to come out the other side. I found myself cheering for people I have never met. Many times I was surprised by my unintentional nodding when relatable feelings were shared. I highly recommend giving it a listen on audiobook! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Violence, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism

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

sarahkate22's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Incest, Alcoholism, Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cancer, Vomit, Body shaming, Car accident, Infidelity, Religious bigotry, and Animal death

lindsayvale's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Abandonment, Addiction, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Racism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Rape, and Grief

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

astroandbooksbyjess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Si estás interesados en temas de psicología y salud mental es un libro muy recomendable. 

La autora cuenta la historia de 5 héroes y heroínas los cuales tuvieron infancias que los marcaron debido a abandono, abuso psicológico, abuso sexual, y/o abuso físico. Es un libro fuerte con muchos detonantes y de hecho en un momento tuve que parar de leerlo porque simplemente no pude con la descripción tan detallada.

Lo que me llevo de este libro es: la importancia de aprender a poner límites, el recordar que merecemos ser amados, la importancia de validar nuestros sentimientos y los de otrxs y el definir que es para nosotros éxito sin dejarnos llevar por las ideas de otrxs.

Por último este libro para mi es la memoria de la autora de su vida como psicologa contada a través de estas 5 historias ya que comparte sus pensamientos durantr la terapia, sus errores y lo que aprendio gracias a cada paciente.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt and Sexual violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse