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Summary: Just when you thought it was safe to be with people
Review: As soon as you look at the title you know that this book speaks to you on some level. Everybody knows people who suck the life blood out of you, who take advantage of your feelings of love or affection and make your life miserable in an attempt to feel better about themselves. Like the vast majority of self-help books this one tells you things you already know in your mind but tries to give you a kick in the butt to actually have the heart to do something about them. If you are in a situation where this is happening to you, please give this book a try. You owe it to yourself.
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Summary: humor and clarity work together
Review: Dr. Albert Bernstein's book Emotional Vampires gives strategies for managing these personality types. Sometimes it's not practical to run away. It might mean living in a very small world if you are on the lookout to avoid these traits in people. Everyone has these traits to some degree on a continuum, from mild to extreme. The main tool is knowing yourself, esp. in regards to these behaviors. I'm re-reading it slowly. A second benefit is trying to not inflict pain on others by MY personality. He describes what it's like inside their minds. In extremes, the best thing he says MAY be to avoid them, especially if you're not willing to manage them in your life. They may represent either gifted and talented people or cranks, depending on the person or situation. He describes the usual reactions people use to deal with them, and why that doesn't work. He offers a BALANCED viewpoint that seems to carry credibility. Bernstein had definite strategies for managing my paranoid, jealous ex-girlfriend that would have worked, had I known and not tried to address her fears for her. I see that I have always been attracted to extreme (and immature) personalities in friendships, and am one myself, though I think I have my own stuff completely repaired and managed by now. (yeah, right) This book addresses some confusion about people that has baffled me forever. I laughed out loud several times.
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Summary: The Grand Master of Disorder Speaks.
Review: Gee, I work with two vampire personalities but I have to tell you that this book by Bernstein has to be, by far, the finest non-technical description of personality disorders that I've ever encountered. It's for both the layman and the psychologist and, best of all, it's self-help. I can't say enough about it. It reads like deja vu for anyone who has ever suffered the attentions of self-promoting, self-worshipping, narcissistic psychopaths. His advice is sound but they're so crazy you can't always use it--yet you will feel better after reading his work.
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Summary: Real psychology, not pop psych!
Review: I love self-help books and this ranks with the best: entertaining, highly accessible, and most surprisingly BASED IN SCIENTIFIC FACT! Without giving the clinical complexities of personality disorders short shrift, Bernstein provides an instant guide to identifying people suffering from them, as well as sound guidelines for understanding and coping with them. Knowing myself how confused and helpless one can feel when trying to deal with these "vampires", I highly recommend this book to anyone. Forewarned is forearmed!
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Summary: My Most Highlighted Book
Review: I wish I had this book years ago! The book is practical and very easy to read. Although the vampire references are numerous, the point is well taken. Special care is given to clarify that the purpose of the book is not to diagnose, judge or label people. It provides practical techniques for the layman to recognize and deal with people that can literally drain a person. Also, it can be used to recognize traits in our own selves that have the potential to drain others emotionally. In short, Thanks Dr. Berstein!
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Summary: A real Keeper
Review: I would have saved myself so much misery from having fallen into a nest of narcissistic vampires. Reading through this book was like having my whole life flash before me, only now I won't be drained dry. I cannot recommend it enough.
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Summary: Best resource to deal with difficult people
Review: Normally, you would like to deal with people nicely, kindly and sometimes go out of the way to make others comfortable. It works with most people. However, with some people you always come out of a transaction feeling cheated and violated. This is a book to deal with such people. A wonderful book, that provides you solid insight into the behavior of "vampires" those self-seeking, immature individuals. Has solid advise and some life guiding principles like - Do not attempt to change people, attempt to change their behaviour. If I was forced to hold onto only 3 books in my library, this one would be among them. A persons education is incomplete without reading this book. This advice works! The best part is that you regain your peace of mind. Thanks a million Albert Bernstein for encapsulating a lifetime's experience into a small and easy to read book.
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Summary: Thank GOD for this book!
Review: The only downfall of this book - that it wasn't written a long time ago!!! With plenty of books out there that only explain personality disorders, Dr. Bernstein has now given us the "how-to" of how to deal with people with these disorders. I now feel armed with many tools that will help me to deal with an extremely difficult histrionic family member. I feel validated and FREE. Thank you Dr. Bernstein!
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Summary: Life changing experience
Review: This book has been a positive change in my life. This was definitely the most powerful book I've ever read. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever felt victimized by others.
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Summary: Emotional Vampires-
Review: This book is a disgrace to all vampyres, it is not stated on any facts, let alone there are some. You should not write a book when you know nothing about the subject, this book should be discontiued, it is a disgrace.
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