New Book: ***** Feelings

shakespeare47 · Jun 01, 2016, 11:12 AM

Has anyone heard about it? Apparently, it actually came out in Sept of last year. I heard it mentioned in passing, and then looked into it a little more.

This article in the Atlantic sums up the book fairly well.

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Put down the talking stick. Stop fruitlessly seeking "closure" with your peevish co-worker. And please, don't bother telling your spouse how annoying you find their tongue-clicking habit—sometimes honesty is less like a breath of fresh air and more like a fart. That’s the argument of Michael Bennett and Sarah Bennett, the father-daughter duo behind the new self-help book ***** Feelings.

The book was written by Michael Bennett, a psychiatrist and American Psychiatric Association distinguished fellow, and his daughter Sarah, a comedy writer.

seesaw · Jun 04, 2016, 11:02 PM

Hmmm, sounds kinda interesting but also sounds a little harmful.

shakespeare47 · 08:38 AM

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Originally Posted by seesaw

Hmmm, sounds kinda interesting but also sounds a little harmful.

Maybe.... If they're wrong. If their argument is correct, then it would make sense to accept it.

divine1966 · Jun 07, 2016, 10:30 AM

I think honesty is good most of the time but at time it's absolutely not, as it accomplishes nothing and is just tactless.

For example If you can't handle tongue clicking habit of your spouse maybe you have a problem, not them, or maybe you married wrong person. My fiancée has Tourettes. Tongue clicking is nothing compare to his noises lol. But I am also spec Ed teacher and nonsense behaviors don't bother me especially if people can't control them. Telling them their noises etc are annoying is pointless and offensive . Who needs the kind of honesty.

I don't see how this is harmful.
I think the point is to exercise common sense when attempt honesty.

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TishaBuv · Jun 07, 2016, 01:10 PM

I think I saw them promoting it on a TV show. It looks funny. Might be helpful to look at the other side of things. I might read it. Thanks.

shakespeare47 · Jun 07, 2016, 02:09 PM

Here's a little more from Amazon...

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The only self-help book you’ll ever need, from a psychiatrist and his comedy writer daughter, who will help you put aside your unrealistic wishes, stop trying to change things you can’t change, and do the best with what you can control—the first steps to managing all of life’s impossible problems.

Here is the cut-to-the-chase therapy session you’ve been looking for!

Need to stop screwing up? Want to become a more positive person?
Do you work with an ***? Think you can rescue an addicted person?
Looking for closure after abuse? Have you realized that your parent is an asshole?
Feel compelled to clear your name? Hope to salvage a lost love?
Want to get a lover to commit? Plagued by a bully?
Afraid of ruining your kid? Ready to vent your anger?

In this brilliantly sensible and funny book, a Harvard-educated shrink and his comedy-writing daughter reveal that the real f-words in life are “feelings” and “fairness.” While most self-help books are about your feelings and fulfilling your wildest dreams, ***** Feelings will show you how to find a new kind of freedom by getting your head out of your *** and yourself onto the right path toward realistic goals and feasible results. ***** Feelings is the last self-help book you will ever need!

I think there is something to be said for the fact that feelings are feelings, and if we want results, then we'll have to do some things to get those results.

Michelea · Jun 10, 2016, 02:01 PM

Can see where this book may not be everyone's cup of tea...but think I would find it helpful in a humorous way. Gonna get it and check it out, thanks for posting about it.

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