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Why Is It Always About You?
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Publisher's Summary
In this groundbreaking audiobook, clinical social worker and psychotherapist Sandy Hotchkiss shows you how to cope with controlling, egotistical people who are incapable of the fundamental give-and-take that sustains healthy relationships. Exploring how individuals come to have this shortcoming, why you get drawn into their perilous orbit, and what you can do to break free, Hotchkiss describes the "Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism" and their origins. You will learn to recognize these hallmarks of unhealthy narcissism - shamelessness, magical thinking, arrogance, envy, entitlement, exploitation, bad boundaries - and to understand the roles that parenting and culture play in their creation.
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- SleezeyBoi
- 04-21-20
Beyond Useful -Going to relisten often
Narrorator is a bit robotic sounding but the utilitly of the material is vastly important
3 people found this helpful
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- Lisa
- 09-28-19
don't blame parents so much
too much focus and blame is put on parents, research shows cluster B, Axis II disorders are very strongly genetic
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- David C. Handy
- 06-05-20
Typical subjects easily found on any media
The reading wasnt very good. And the book delt too much with the symptoms and characteristics of narc vrs encouragement o
f dealing with one.
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- Linda Salazar
- 07-20-19
great help in understanding the Narcissist.
helped to understand a wayward relationship. what I considered might be my fault had nothing to do with me
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- Studio59
- 02-05-22
Good info for starters
The information provided was very useful, though having read numerous books on narcissism, it offered a “new voice” versus new insights for me. The one difficult thing almost made me stop listening (especially in the 1st couple of chapters)was the occasionally scratchy and shaking voice of the reader. It may have been an electronic audible issue that seemed to resolve as I stuck it thru the end.
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- MyBigFatBypass
- 01-01-22
It’s a fine book
Wasn’t really all that interesting, was surprised it didn’t really give any tools or action items to handle relationships with narcissists and was surprised when the book took a turn to a lengthy parental advice column. Was a bit shocked by the use of a racial slur so casually.
The reader sounded monotone and almost robotic at times.
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- MoonTiger
- 12-24-21
Meh
I wanted to like this so much, but it’s basically an admonition of contemporary society (with a heavy dose of blame for parents/working mothers/any personal approach to spirituality that is not super traditional and structured). Very little insight and almost nothing actionable in real life. Wish I could get a refund. There are many other more helpful texts on this subject out there. Don’t waste your time here.
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- Alex F.
- 09-14-21
Buy the printed copy
Good book. Really informative and well written. However, don't waste your time and money on an audio version. The narration is nothing short of terrible. The lady's voice is constantly shaking and frankly my car GPS speaks with more emotion. Seriously, she sounds more like AI than a real human being.
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- Andrei
- 01-26-20
Good text, sad speech
The performer's voice is quite robotic, I could have used Google text-to-speech feature with similar results.
The story is interesting and engaging though, one will notice many his own traits in described issues. Sometimes author makes narcissists look like the one and only evil on the planet Earth, but it's okay if taken with a pinch of salt.
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- Daveo23
- 03-07-21
Highly recommended
An incredibly interesting look at the psychology of family/relationships, in particular the descriptions of narcissistic traits and how they can impact people.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-09-20
The narrator sounds like a robot
The narration really sounds like text-to-speech. She REALLY sounds like a robot. I went and double check whether it was an actual human and I was astonishing to found out that in fact she was human. Astonishing! I could have got the same by buying the eBook and listening to it via Kindle text-to-speech.
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- Mirzhan Irkegulov
- 04-10-20
Good, but no as good as Toxic Parents
This book contains quite a few really helpful insights, but I'd recommend reading Susan Forward's Toxic Parents before reading this book.
Overall, I'm glad I read it, but the narrator, Amanda Carlin, has the most sleep inducing voice. I recommend listening on 1.5 speed.
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- Nicole Sladden
- 09-13-20
Enlightening
This book is for anyone who struggles to understand why a particularly difficult person in their life behaves the way they do. To understand that people with narcissistic behaviours simply don’t think the same way as you is liberating. I am so glad read this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-21-19
Non judgmental account with good hints
This book, unlike most others on narcissism, was not written by a hurt survivor. It therefore offers an impartial view of the disorder, without minimising its effects on the victims/survivors exposed to it. It has some good explanations of how narcissism comes about, allowing the reader to understand it, and find ways to deal with it.
It is not a guide for healing of the wounds invariable inflicted by narcissists (there are other publications more aimed at this), but rather a map for navigating relating with a narcissist in a way that avoids further damage to the victim.
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- susan wee
- 04-05-20
Brilliant.
I am sure that we all know at least one of these people. Learn to recognize it and how to deal with it before it it can do its damage.