Thanks Fawn for coming back and posting these links, always appreciated

LL

p.s. I'll be interested to read Burgo's book, I've read about it on his blog and wonder what others make of it, if anyone has read it yet.

I just finished reading Burgo's book, and I highly recommend it. I venture to guess that many of us on this forum have an awareness of our defense mechanisms and feel pretty knowledgeable.

I regularly read Burgo's blog, and yet, I was surprised by how "real" this felt to me. Care, empathy, encouragement all come through very clearly. I usually bolt from self-help "exercises," and this book contains them. I didn't jump into them immediately, but I read them, and I might even be willing to go back and actually do them. I think this was a really good book from someone who really gets what it's like to continually fight off pain.

I'd be interested in what others think.

Outsider, I didn't think the book was available yet. How did you get it?

It is now available, although there's a note on Burgo's website saying that the release is officially on Monday. I'm in Sandy's path so not sure if I'll have electricity and internet then, so I jumped the gun.

Outside, me too!!! I was just going to make a post about the hurricane.