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This book tells the stories of adults who grew up as children of mentally ill mothers at a time when mental illness was even more stigmatizing than it is today. They are what the author calls "the daughters of madness," and in their young lives there were forced to tread on shaky ground. "Telling someone that there's mental illness in your family, and watching the reaction is not for the faint-hearted," says the therapist. "Telling them that it is your mother who's mentally ill certainly ups the ante." A veteran therapist with 35 years experience, the author takes us into this traumatic world - each of her chapters covering a major developmental period for the daughter of a mentally ill mother - and then explains how these now-adult daughters faced and cope with mental illness in their mothers. While the stories of these daughters are central to the book, the author also offers her professional insights into exactly how maternal impairment affects infants, children and adolescents. Women, significantly more than men, are often diagnosed with serious mental illness after they become parents. So what effect does a mentally ill mother have on a growing child, teenager or adult daughter, who looks to her not only for the deepest and most abiding love, but also a sense of what the world is all about? The author also makes accessible the latest research on interpersonal neurobiology, attachment and the way a child's brain and mind develop in the context of that relationship. Some of the major topics addressed include: feelings of guilt in the child - 'Is it my fault?'; keeping the secret; role reversal - when child acts as parent; fear of the same fate; building resilience and accepting help; and, insights from daughters of mothers who were schizophrenic, psychotic, severely depressed, paranoid and personality-disordered.
著者について
Susan Nathiel is a psychotherapist treating individuals, couples and families. She has been in practice for more than 30 years, and has a special interest in helping families deal with problems. She is a Founding Member of the Connecticut Guild of Psychotherapists and of the Center for Illness in Families.
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32 人中、29人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Highly recommended
2007/11/11
形式:ハードカバー
"Daughters of Madness" is comprised of the interviews of a handful of adult women who grew up with mentally ill mothers. Their stories are arranged piecewise, in chronological order from early childhood to late adulthood. It shows the progression of coping skills, impact on sense of self and overall effect on the families. The narrative is understanding and sympathetic, but also realistic and objective. Excellent aid to the healing process, but also an interesting read for someone who may not having any personal experience with the topic.
18 人中、17人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Experience from both sides
2008/12/26
形式:Kindle版
My siblings and I grew up in a home very similar to some of those women interviewed in the book. It was a 'hard read' in that there were times I just needed to set the book aside and grieve for what I had never had. Many family members did not get therapy back then and just continued to suffer desperate lives. I'm the only child in my family of origin that did not have a substance abuse problem, but had difficulties with emotions, and relationships. In many aspects this book was very validating for thoughts which have never been shared. My second, recent, career is now as a psychotherapist and many of my clients are very much like my mother. Reading this book has given me some ideas on how to better reach out to their children and families.
14 人中、13人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Learned alot
2010/2/6
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
I could not stop reading this book. I have a mother with untreated borderline personality disorder. She remains in denial about it and places her illness on me anytime I call her on anything. She has done some crazy stuff to me in my lifetime. I could never understand how my father did not stand up to her being that I am his child. I was able to learn about the reasons that other husbands do remain silent. This was a huge learning for me leading me to more compassion for my dad.
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