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Um no this classic will always be the JCJ Bible.
First thing: just basically do the opposite of what your parents did. :D
Seriously though, that's basically the gist of it. My parents were completely irresponsible. Mother was a total narcissist, and my father was not really qualified to be one. I only learned from them what not to do.
Also read as much as you can on the internet. There are tons of blogs and stuff about child-raising theories. Don't treat anything like the gospel, but it should give you ideas as to what is "normal".
I especially recommend this (hilarious) book you can get on Amazon:
Basically this is your opportunity to treat your kids the way you wish your parents had treated you. I had a truly horrible mother (with whom I am no-contact), and now have 3 young girls who appear to be growing up very well adjusted. As long as you are aware that it was your parents, not you, who were at fault then you are on the right path to avoid being like them.
I mean, yes because no one here can predict the future or how you'll turn out. Dr. Kay Jamison wrote a best selling book, An Unquiet Mind, about being a clinical psychologist with Bipolar I Disorder, so obviously it can be done. However, your mental health and experience is different from hers and I'd recommend stabilizing the condition first, especially given the treatment resistance and its effect on your previous graduate studies. Are you engaged in CBT, ACT, or some other evidence-based practice for depression? It sounds like your doc is a psychiatrist or prescriber primarily. While a mood stabilizer is the first line treatment to stabilize mania, a Bipolar I depressive episode usually requires talk therapy as the primary treatment due to the risk of many SSRIs inducing a manic episode.
Edit: she's a clinical psychologist, not psychiatrist. My bad.
In the (wonderful) novel The Postmortal the cure for aging and most disease is discovered... right around now.
Civilization as we know it doesn't make it to 2100.
As far as the immortality story is important to your world building you should give it a read (Also because I love the book and recommend it whenever possible)
I have been a fan of How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? by Hiroyuki Nishigaki since back when Amazon was mostly books & CDs. I've ordered this a few times for a few folks, the first time was probably 15 years ago.
Sure, all those parenting books are great, but have you seen what I used to raise my kids https://smile.amazon.com/How-Traumatize-Your-Children-Deliberately/dp/1601063091/ref=sr\_1\_190?dchild=1&keywords=gag+gifts&qid=1626466935&sr=8-190
Nobody knows.. but here’s a MUST READ book where the author takes a good stab at a guess. Postmortal
One thing I really liked about the future with Postmortal humans is the idea of real life Trolls. They paint themselves green and wreak havoc on the immortals. Oh you just got the cure for mortality? Well they throw acid in your eyes and now you’re blind while you live for ever.
That’s just one example. Don’t wanna spoil it all. This book really is an easy and amazing read, highly advise.
I'm in the same boat pretty much. Just recently diagnosed as BP2 right after my 21st, and the way i've been handling it is learning as much as I can about my disorder. I would encourage you to look into An Unquiet Mind by - Kay Redfield Jamison. Also meditation and mindfulness really helps me and so does kicking caffeine it triggers severe mood swings for me.
I must admit I'm a bit disgusted by how the US keeps playing mental illness for laughs. It's like prison rape jokes. If you have a mental illness, you must somehow deserve it. If you go to prison, you deserve to get raped. It's part of the whole justice boner culture.
Kanye West is mentally ill. He's got bipolar disorder. Egomania is a part of the disorder. And people with bipolar disorder tend to commit suicide not when they're depressed, but when they're manic. It's a devastating illness.
I encourage everyone to read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison.
Delusions of grandeur is a symptom. It's not a choice.
I know that a lot of people want to "eat the rich" and that you enjoy it when rich people suffer, but in so doing you are increasing the stigma surrounding mental illness and you should be ashamed of yourselves. Poor people are more likely to suffer from mental illness. 20-25 percent of homeless people suffer from severe mental illness. By perpetuating the myth that people with mental illness has total control over their own behavior you are sentencing them all to mockery and condemnation.
Kanye West needs professional help.
Having an honest and open discussion about mental illness isn't as much fun as gay fish jokes, but it's important.
Hey! No problem. I think you'll find those resources useful. For a more literary approach, I would recommend you read An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison. Kay is a leading specialist in the US in the field of bipolar, but she also has the diagnosis herself. It's so beautifully written and truly encapsulates the disorder (available here).
How are you going at the moment? Euthymic? Are you studying medicine?
I imagine one could become depressed and lifeless if their soul was stolen.
This old classic suddenly begins to make sense - the definitive guide to staving off depression by daily clenching of the anus:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Good-bye-Depression-Constrict-Everyday/dp/0595094724
The perfect exercise to repair, strengthen and fortify the seat of the soul against threat of theft.
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison is a stunning novel, so beautifully written. It's an autobiography (you can buy it here). I actually found my first copy in a second-hand bookshop when I was hypomanic and thought it was a sign from god, lol.
Nick Offerman wrote a book about Americans he admires, you might like that.
there's a book "written by" Archer from the show Archer, it's hilarious.
Dave Barry is a humor columnist who also wrote a couple novels. check out Big Trouble, Tricky Business, and any of his anthologies of columns
speaking of Florida humor, there's a series of comedy novels by Tim Dorsey that follow a fictional serial killer called Serge Storms, start with Florida Roadkill
the books that the show Dexter is based off of are also good, they've got some dark humor to them. theyre by author Jeff Lindsay
A classic self-help book:
How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?
How to Traumatize Your Children: 7 Proven Methods to Help You Screw Up Your Kids Deliberately and with Skill https://www.amazon.com/dp/1601063091/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_i_02QB4C3GMYA4YHBC2JR7
Now obviously this is a parody, but I bought it for my husband when I was pregnant with our first and it's actually very good at explaining the different ways that people mess up their kids. You'd never find me willing to read a parenting book, but depending on his sense of humor, this might be a fun read for him.
But only one is “written” by Sterling (with a foreword by Malory, promising her memoirs will dwarf Sterling’s book sales.)
The other is just a cool collection of art and behind the scenes tidbits. I highly recommend them both. And if you like drinking, Sterling gives you the recipes to all his favorite cocktails.
This one made me laugh.
Knock Knock How to Traumatize Your Children: 7 Proven Methods to Help You Screw Up Your Kids Deliberately and with Skill https://www.amazon.ca/dp/1601063091/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_H7CBEYG3HXD0SY2DH4A7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
This is one we bought but might give your MiL a cue on when she is over stepping.
Boundaries Updated and Expanded Edition: When to Say Yes, How to Say No To Take Control of Your Life https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0310351804/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_1VTB3FVBQHFGKJDZYPA7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
I didn't think it was, but... well
I doubt horsey dewormer would help against that, but this method would prolly do the trick:
> I think constricting anus 100 times and denting navel 100 times in succession everyday is effective to good-bye depression and take back youth. You can do so at a boring meeting or in a subway. I have known 70-year-old man who has practiced it for 20 years. As a result, he has good complexion and has grown 20 years younger. His eyes sparkle. He is full of vigor, happiness and joy. He has neither complained nor born a grudge under any circumstance. Furthermore, he can make #### three times in succession without drawing out. In addition, he also can have burned a strong beautiful fire within his abdomen. It can burn out the dirty stickiness of his body, release his immaterial fiber or third attention which has been confined to his stickiness. Then, he can shoot out his immaterial fiber or third attention to an object, concentrate on it and attain happy lucky feeling through the success of concentration. If you don't know concentration which gives you peculiar pleasure, your life looks like a hell.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Good-bye-Depression-Constrict-Everyday/dp/0595094724
This might be a book you'd be interested in:
Stuck Up!: 100 Objects Inserted and Ingested in Places They Shouldn’t Be https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0312680082/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apan_glt_i_XQ0VYZE877A7QTTA0YFC
There's a coffee table on this very question called Stuck Up!
It's a bunch of x-rays that are from what people ingested were shoved up their butts.
Right? My husband has a business client that gifts him Jack Daniels every Christmas. We have like 10 unopened bottles now, to be regifted when appropriate.
Oof, I was trying to find the "how you know you're an alcoholic bitch" type books and came across this one instead. Might be a funnier option?
The discussion of poorly-translated internet communications reminded me fondly of the book <em>How to Good-Bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? Or Effective Way?</em>, which I have had sitting in my bookshelf for years.
This classic of the genre served a similar purpose to the subject of this entry for me and my friends back in the day. We used to pass it around and snort laughing as we read particularly bad passages out loud.
But how can we make this seem like the best country in the world if we don't "whitewash" (not saying make every character white, before people misinterpret me) history and get rid of all the horrible shit?
Chris Columbus was a great guy and everyone loved him! The Pilgrims and Indians really did stop fighting and ate a nice, traditional Thanksgiving with each other! Racism no longer happens!
The De-Textbook: The Stuff You Didn't Know About The Stuff You Thought You Knew is a great book that uncovers a lot of the bullshit we learned in school. I actually have it right next to me.
Hvis jeg rent faktisk bliver ved med at læse, bliver jeg også nødt til at anskaffe mig en Kindle eller lignende, for bøger er ikke særlig praktiske.
Jeg læste lige How to Archer: The Ultimate Guide to Espionage and Style and Women and Also Cocktails Ever Written de sidste to aftener. Nu er jeg gået i gang med Spice & Wolf, fordi at jeg er en gigantisk weeb, og jeg købte de første fire bøger for 7 år siden. Hvis jeg læser et kapitel hver aften, bør de fire bøger holde en måneds tid.
Efter Spice & Wolf ved jeg ikke hvad jeg gør, men der er en million klassikere som jeg ikke har læst, så jeg har nok at vælge imellem.
Hvad med dig?
>It’s like all BPD parents rely on the same “mess your child up” textbook
I bought several copies of this book. It is so accurate.