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Summary: Author Review - Excellent Work
Review: Robin Norwood did an outstanding job here with here and I recommend it be readed by anyone dealing with relational addiction. As an author, I found her work to be most impressive.---
John D. Moore
Author of Confusing Love with Obsession
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Summary: I just wonder...
Review: a really good friend gave me this book, and told me that hopefully by reading it, it would help me on my lifesjourney, as much as it helpt her... I starded to read the book - woman who love too much - and I want to 'critisize' robin norwood - just a little... I have been together whit "this kind of a man" and it took me 3 years to leave him, another 2 years of sleepless nights, and 2 years to rebuild myself and my children from all 'deamons'... and it was NOT because "I loved him too much"! it was because I was scared and confused, and I didn't get any help from the guvermant. I have talked to many women, who has been in the same situation as me, and they know for sure-like I do-it doesn't have ANYTHING to do with love. and I don't think it's good, to tell women that they go thrue hell - because they love too much... It aint thrue. (all the other things you've wrote, was good and healthy for the spirit and 'personal' health) thank you
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Summary: This did not work for me
Review: I bought this book but I do not think it fit my situation. It fits certain cases but certainly not mine. And I am not in denial. I am trying to help myself overcome a painful relationship but this did not help me any. It may help someone else.
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Summary: So close to home it was painful (but necessary)
Review: I first read this book years ago after a painful divorce. Fast forward 8 years, and here I am in the same situation yet again with a different man. When I first read this book, I did not take the information in it to heart, probably because it struck too close to home for me so I denied the truth in it. This time, with two children to raise, my recovery is absolutely essential, so I forced myself to read it and remember and deal with it. This book is absolutely on target for any woman who endured a painful, demoralizing childhood. Robin Norwood explains exactly why it affects us into adulthood (and for us it's much different than for men -- she explains this, too), why we keep choosing painful, debilitating relationships and why we can't walk away from them even when the pain is literally destroying us. I highlighted so much of this book to re-read and study later that my highlighting pen almost gave out. The book explains how we actually get addicted to pain and chaos, and why we choose the types of men we do, and why we're terrified to lose even a disastrous relationship. It also looks at how we hide the truth from ourselves and why. If you fit the description of a woman whose childhood was shredded by the pain of a highly dysfunctional family, and now you keep landing in one unhealthy relationship after another with men, this book will definitely help you, but you also must find a good therapist. You WILL heal in time, but you have to step out into the unknown and stick with it. As Robin Norwood so beautifully points out, with this type of love addiction,your future is sure to be painful no matter what. But it can either be the temporary pain associated with dealing with your problems and your subsequent recovery, or it can be the same kind of pain you've got now, magnified over years and years. Identifying your problem is the first step in solving it. This book will help you do that.
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Summary: It may hurt to read this book...
Review: I am 20 years old and just came out of a very unhealthy relationship. Talking to a dear friend of mine I discovered that there might be more to why all these things happened and why I still wanted to be together with the guy in question. She recommended this book to me and now I am on the path to recovery. I must warn you though, the truth hurts, especially in these matters. I have gotten so mad at this book that I have thrown it accross the room several times. But it is helping me deal with these issues and I am glad that I have realised this now before I let myself get hurt even more. Please read this book!
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Summary: Life Changing Book
Review: This is the first time that I have read a book that has altered my perception of my world, my life, and my relationships. Sometimes when we are lost, it is a book like this that will come along and explain the unexplainable to us. For all those women out there who don't understand why you are still going through the pain of an unloving and abusive relationship- you must get your hands on this book. Robin Norwood has pointed out to us what we could never articulate before. Even though it was written years ago, its impact is still felt. I feel that I can finally start that journey to healing myself now.
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Summary: Take back your life!
Review: This is a book which I believe should be owned by all women who put themselves second place to the men in their lives. This book demonstrates how many women exist in this world who need to feel loved by being with men, but in many cases, with the wrong men. The stories are all familiar to women who have these issues and although it is not a book with a quick fix, it is definitely a book that allows you to explore deeper into who you are and why you behave the way you do. A must read for all ladies finding themselves heartbroken and wondering what they did wrong.
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Summary: Women Who Love Too Much
Review: I have read several books on self exploration, but this one actually opened my eyes. It was an easy read, where I found myself hungry for more information regarding this disease. I realize that I have suffered from this disease my whole life, and never knew it was a disease. This book has actually made me want to recover so that I can go on and have a healthy, happy life. I would like to know if Ms. Norwood conducts seminars somewhere or is in private practice. I cannot recommend this book enough.
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Summary: A Pathway to healing your life
Review: Robin Norwood is truly a gifted writer. In this book she uses her experience as a professional and "A Woman who loves too much" to challenge woman everywhere who are in abusive, unloving and unsucessful relationships to take the focus off of the man we are with and put it where it can do the most good: On ourselves! For all of us who have passed the stage of reclaiming our dignity by placing the blame for the abuse squarely where it belongs, on the shoulder's of the man we are with, but also want to find out how WE find ourselves constantly in bad relationships but are never-the-less unable to leave THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. It is very difficult readng, and I in fact was unable to read it for a number of years, but it is well worth the pain of self-exploration. Bravo to Ms. Norwood, she has written a wonderfully clear and concise book for women everywhere.
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Summary: Just in the Nick of Time
Review: I read this book in 1986-88 when I was separated and preparing for divorce. When I finally threw it away, it was dirty and twice it's thickness due to my notes in the margin. I was well on the way to being delivered from old patterns. Whether the case scenarios are ficticious or not, it was helpful just reading about the madness that can come from being codependent and hoping "he" will change if I was prettier, smarter, thinner, you name it. I am purchasing this book for a professional friend who is hopelessly in love with a young alcoholic. She wants to be his everything -- to his detriment. She'd rather he depend on her than him going through a detox program. I think she'll benefit from this book, don't you?
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