[grows]

really great book; i forget who the author is

 

[PuzzledMike]

The author is Signe Dayhoff. She has an excellent website.

 

[penguin]

I never realised this was a book - thanks for the author, PuzzledMike.

A picture of a grinning chimpanzee with the tag line "I feel like I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe" emblazoned over him - is on a fridge magnet I have. :lol

 

[nomood]

this was the book where I first learned about social anxiety. the title caught me because that was exactly how I felt.

 

[J22]

Yeah I have this book too. It helped me out a lot. It's very indepth, and covers just about all aspects of SA.

 

[meggiehamilton]

I have this book to. Its a pretty good read.

 

[Benhead]

I'm working through this book for the third time. I appreciate the writer's willingness to put herself out there and acknowledge here own difficulties with SA/SP. She doesn't come across as cold and clinical, but rather, as someone who has been there and overcome her disorder. Plus, she's a good writer, which is certainly not always the case with self-help books.

 

[ghostgurl]

I'm reading this book right now, it's pretty informative.

 

[michaelg]

Me, too. It includes a lot of great information you don't find in other SA books, like advice on how to develop your relationships and careers, date, and improve your "personal effectiveness."

 

[ghostgurl]

I just finished the book. Lots of stuff in it.

 

[russophile1977]

I've just started reading it and it seems to be a pretty good book so far.

 

[whiteclouds]

I didn't like it. I thought it was pompous and there were too many lists with bullet points. The bullet points really annoyed me. It was like a freakin' PowerPoint presentation. The only thing I liked were the illustrations with the cute people in snowsuits. I wish everyone would walk around in snowsuits like the people in the book 'cause then we'd all be so cute and cuddly.

 

[russophile1977]

I'm starting to give up on it, now that I've read a little more of it. It's pretty tedious.

 

[popcorn]

I'm not a big fan of this book. I'd agree that it is pretty tedious. If you want a similar book that, in my opinion is better-I'd suggest Dying of Embarassment. It basically outlines the same things, but in a less repetitive way.