Reddit reviews The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
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We found 4 Reddit comments about The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
I'm sorry nobody visited you in the Hospital. Everyone deserves a visit in the hospital.
> Nothing in life has colors, for me everything is bland, black and white, everything bores me ... I really don't have any motive
It's the internet -- I cannot make a diagnosis, and I'm not a therapist -- but what you describe above matches my understanding of depression.
> I've always felt like I'm the third wheel in everything and they probably just include me out of courtsey.
Other people's response to you, and your interpretation of their response to you, are both heavily influenced by how you view yourself.
> I don't want to think about suicide because if I do, I'm afraid I might actually do it ... I want it to end somehow, I just don't want to be the one who causes it.
We can think and talk about suicide without actually doing it. Lookup suicide ideation. I've had suicide ideation for over 30 years.
Have some faith in yourself.
If your experience of life sucks, it's not unreasonable to seek an escape. Obviously suicide is one way to do that. But you haven't given up on life yet -- or you'd already be dead. Fortunately for you (and me), there are other solutions...
> I want to change my way of life,
At the age of 18, you're at the perfect age to start healing work. You have your teen years mostly behind you, and your 20's and 30's lie ahead. Any improvement you make now will last your lifetime, with compounding interest.
You have plenty of time to foster the types of relationships you seek -- you're just emerging from the gauntlet of childhood -- not entirely unscathed it would seem.
Since this is reddit and not (entirely) a support group, I'll end with some recommendations:
Self-healing cannot make you into Brad Pitt, but it can help you accept yourself and lead to a greater sense of contentment. And all the energy that goes into your self-hating can instead be directed to enjoying and improving your life.
Best of luck.
Drama of the Gifted Child
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465012612/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_1/192-3095771-7400916?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=1CVP3VT8EH5XAEDN4KS9&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1944687702&pf_rd_i=0465016901
read it!
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I love to have this book. It should really help me better understand myself.
I would suggest reading the following books:
http://www.amazon.com/Drama-Gifted-Child-Search-True/dp/0465012612/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323483898&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Good-Child-Rearing-Violence/dp/0374522693/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323483921&sr=8-1