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Brain Wash
- Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness
- By: David Perlmutter MD, Austin Perlmutter MD, Kristin Loberg
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 459
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 384
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 380
Contemporary life provides us with infinite opportunities, along with endless temptations. We can eat whatever we want, whenever we want. We can buy goods and services for rapid delivery. But living in this 24/7 hyper-reality poses serious risks to our physical and mental states, our connections to others, and even to the world at large. Brain Wash builds from a simple premise: Our brains are being gravely manipulated, resulting in behaviors that leave us more lonely, anxious, depressed, distrustful, illness-prone, and overweight than ever before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Poor performance and poor writing.
- By Julie on 01-21-20
- Brain Wash
- Detox Your Mind for Clearer Thinking, Deeper Relationships, and Lasting Happiness
- By: David Perlmutter MD, Austin Perlmutter MD, Kristin Loberg
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
You'll rethink your way of life (in the best way)
Reviewed: 02-20-20
If you want to be healthier overall, have more energy, live longer, and are interested in the science behind the correlation between this fast paced modern society, food, and your mental health, this book is for you. An informative and well curated collection of scientific studies detailing these correlations.
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Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder
- Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- By: Blaise Aguirre MD, Gillian Galen PsyD
- Narrated by: Laura Copland
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 283
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 280
If you are like many others living with borderline personality disorder (BPD), you know what it's like to be overwhelmed by intense and fluctuating emotions; to have difficulty with relationships; and to constantly struggle with troubling thoughts and behaviors. BPD can be especially difficult to treat, though there are ways to gain control over your symptoms and live a happier, healthier life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Recommend
- By Carol & Mark Williams on 06-16-17
- Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder
- Relieve Your Suffering Using the Core Skill of Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- By: Blaise Aguirre MD, Gillian Galen PsyD
- Narrated by: Laura Copland
A source of great comfort, a powerful tool
Reviewed: 02-05-20
This book outlines what it means to experience BPD, how it affects our thought process, and how we can reduce the suffering it brings. Believe me when I say, this book has given me a foundation in mindfulness, and in turn a new hope that I can live my life with self control, compassion, and joy.
I have self destructed many times, losing much with each detonation. The skills that I learned in this book have helped me to reduce my own suffering during times that would have normally led to self destruction, on multiple occasions. They have helped me to learn to be a better partner, and I given me hope that I be able to have healthy romantic relationships, thus far in life a foreign concept to me. The mindfulness skills you will learn here have been helpful in my battle with addiction, and given relief from bipolar disorder. It's not an instant fix, but you can see the results quickly. It takes daily practice to get good at these skills and to be able to use them in every situation that calls for them, until you allow them to become second nature or habitual.
The author has presented this book in an easily digestible way for most people. It is a basic crash course on mindfulness, particularly as it pertains to relief from suffering caused by mental illness. The tone of the text and the "narrator" can be a little cheesy at times, and if you're like me, you may feel like the act of meditating itself is a little cheesy or awkward, but as I've learned, if you give it a chance, your heart will open to the comfort and wisdom it provides. If you are suffering with BPD and crave relief, and especially if you can't afford to see a therapist that knows DBT or are too scared, please, please get this book. It will bring you hope.
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