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01-16-2007, 07:02 PM
I saw someone posted books that helped them/books that didn't. I love that idea, so I am going to share a few that helped and didn't help so much.
Books that Helped:
:wand Overcoming Overeating: by Jane R. Hirschmann, Carol H. Munter. A Must-Read. It helped me- a lot. One of my favorites.
:wand Feeding the Hungry Heart, by Geneen Roth. This is another good book. I have a love/hate relationship with Geneen, but I identify with a lot of what she's talking about. I took the useful tools from her book and left the things I didn't agree with.
:wand The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, by Harriet Lerner. If you have problems with anger, this is the book for you. I found it very helpful. It's worth a look. For me, a lot of my food issues revolve around anger and my fear of feeling angry.
:wand Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder, by Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger. Not about EDs but very helpful, if you know people who are struggling with BPD and it's affecting you.
:wand French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (Paperback)
by Mary Anne Cohen. It's a book that I found to be helpful- very insightful. It's hard to describe. It's probably at your local library, so check before buying it.
Books that Did Not Help:
:wand Anatomy of a Food Addiction: The Brain Chemistry of Overeating: An Effective Program to Overcome Compulsive Eating by Anne Katherine. The book is all about abstinence from flour and sugar. That might help some people, but it's not the right approach for me. The "real problem" isn't "the chemistry of addiction" for me. It's the feelings that lead me to overeat.
:wand Overeater's Journal: Exercises for the Heart, Mind and Soul (Paperback)
by Ph.D., Debbie Danowski. I got the journal and did the exercises, but it just didn't click. I didn't get much from it, and got caught up in making lists of food that I ate that day and started bashing myself and then got into a destructive sort of cycle. Maybe it would help some people, though.
Books that Helped:
:wand Overcoming Overeating: by Jane R. Hirschmann, Carol H. Munter. A Must-Read. It helped me- a lot. One of my favorites.
:wand Feeding the Hungry Heart, by Geneen Roth. This is another good book. I have a love/hate relationship with Geneen, but I identify with a lot of what she's talking about. I took the useful tools from her book and left the things I didn't agree with.
:wand The Dance of Anger: A Woman's Guide to Changing the Patterns of Intimate Relationships, by Harriet Lerner. If you have problems with anger, this is the book for you. I found it very helpful. It's worth a look. For me, a lot of my food issues revolve around anger and my fear of feeling angry.
:wand Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care about Has Borderline Personality Disorder, by Paul T. Mason, Randi Kreger. Not about EDs but very helpful, if you know people who are struggling with BPD and it's affecting you.
:wand French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating (Paperback)
by Mary Anne Cohen. It's a book that I found to be helpful- very insightful. It's hard to describe. It's probably at your local library, so check before buying it.
Books that Did Not Help:
:wand Anatomy of a Food Addiction: The Brain Chemistry of Overeating: An Effective Program to Overcome Compulsive Eating by Anne Katherine. The book is all about abstinence from flour and sugar. That might help some people, but it's not the right approach for me. The "real problem" isn't "the chemistry of addiction" for me. It's the feelings that lead me to overeat.
:wand Overeater's Journal: Exercises for the Heart, Mind and Soul (Paperback)
by Ph.D., Debbie Danowski. I got the journal and did the exercises, but it just didn't click. I didn't get much from it, and got caught up in making lists of food that I ate that day and started bashing myself and then got into a destructive sort of cycle. Maybe it would help some people, though.