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Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do When a Parent's Love Rules Your Life | 
| Authors: Patricia Love, Jo Robinson
Publisher: Bantam USA
Category: Book
Buy New: £9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 251460
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reissue
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 055335275X
Dewey Decimal Number: 155
EAN: 9780553352757
ASIN: 055335275X
Publication Date: January 1, 1920
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| Customer Reviews:
Important book August 28, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is just so common it is almost frightening to read. I think the obsession with sexual incest is a complete misunderstanding of the "enmeshment" of co-dependent relationships. Emotional incest, where the dependent person is supplying the emotional needs of the "carer", is extremely damaging. This "love" is often rationalised by the "nurturing" obession, and the "modern ideal" that your parents should be "best friends". ANY parent that is your "best friend" means that you are satisfying their emotional needs, and are not interested in your personal growth.
A powerful book.
Explains 'family' as Noam Chomsky explains US foreign policy May 6, 1999
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Understand everybody - read this! Don't be put off by the scary title - it's not about sex. 'Normal' people will benefit from understanding the people around them better. For those with stressful family relationships this is a must read. As a doctor I find a grasp of these concepts useful in every day practise - and I am a surgeon, not a psychiatrist.
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