You're Not Nuts, You've Just Got Issues: Shrink-Rap Lite

By Anthony J. Gribin

Common Sense Solutions To Everyday Problems! You can tell immediately from the title "You're Not Nuts...You've Just Got Issues (Shrink-Rap Lite)," and the rebus on the front cover, that this is not your ordinary self-help book.'? As the title implies, this author assumes that you are "normal" and approaches his subject with humor.'? Think Dave Barry meets Albert Ellis.'? Or was it Albert Barry meets Dave Ellis? You'll find a combination of logic, common sense, humor and even mathematics inside, using an approach that is truly one-of-a-kind.'? Topics discussed include:...What we can control in life and what is out of our control...Making those tough decisions that drive us nuts!...How to deal with selfishness, yours and others...How to improve our self-image and accept who we are...How both people in an argument can think they are right!...How to promote teamship with your partner...Why taking medicine and going for therapy sometimes makes sense...How being average can be a worthwhile goal...and learn what Elvis has been up to!SHRINK-RAP LITE!The aim of this book is to demystify and destigmatize the process of getting help for psychological issues. The contents reflect this, but so do the title and subtitle. Youre Not Nuts, Youve Just Got Issues and Shrink-Rap Lite were chosen to make the reader feel normal. Why? Because you probably are. But if youre alive, and I assume most of my readers are, youve got issues. There are three major differences about the approach taken here, as compared to other self-help books. First, the target audience is different. I realized as I was writing that I was talking as much to guys as to women. Though women seem to have a genetic predisposition to buy, read and learn from self-help books, men do all they can to avoid them. Their enthusiasm for facing lifes problems?? falls somewhere in between going in for a?? root canal and having a colonoscopy.'? They have to be begged, cajoled and even threatened before they'll allow themselves to be dragged, kicking and screaming, to a shrink. The time is right for an assault on the mental states of men. Newsweeks cover article of February 26, 2007 addresses Men and Depression. Depressed women often weep and talk about feeling bad; depressed men are more likely to get into bar fights, scream at their wives, have affairs or become enraged by small inconveniences like lousy service at a restaurant (p. 44). Weve got to get to these guys, especially before the next time they order food in a bar. So the first difference is that the intended audience include both women AND men which, as I figure it, includes almost all of the human race. The second difference is in the use of humor, which helps with most clients. If you havent noticed mine yet, perhaps its best if you return this book to the store for a full refund before you smudge any more pages. Tongue-in-cheek comes closest to describing the style. After talking to a teenager alone at the beginning of therapy, I might invite the parent(s) back in at the end, and tell them, with a deadly serious face, that the child who they brought to me to help him take school more seriously so he can go Ivy, has decided to join the marines. The kid always cracks up and the parents, after coming out of cardiac arrest, tolerate me. David Ansen, for Newsweek (November 13, 2006), wrote, Comedy is there to break open the box that holds the untouchable and the unsayable. Its about making you face the things you dont want to face, and the easiest way to face it is through humor. He happens to be commenting on the film Borat, but thats irrelevant. And President George W. Bush, rallying a loyal audience before the November 2006 Congressional election, mock-chided the Democrats for prematurely measuring their Congressional offices for new drapes and hiring interior designers. President Bush got laughs with those comments, comments that remind o

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432706896
• ISBN13: 9781432706890
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 5.5"