Help Yourself: Finding Hope, Courage, and Happiness
by Dave Pelzer
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The author shares the lessons he learned about the resilience of the human spirit after surviving a childhood of severe abuse; and presents self-help advice to people who are trying to overcome painful pasts, negative thoughts, and numerous setbacks.Tags
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- When I was removed from my mother's custody and became a ward of the court through the foster-care system, I was required to meet with a psychiatrist. One time the doctor had a private meeting with my foster mother and infor... (show all)med her that, in his professional opinion, because of my extended exposure to a violent and desperate world, there was little hope of my becoming "normally adjusted." And he believed that since the law of averages was against me, I would most likely end up in prison or would commit suicide.
But what if we, like Colin Powell, used our negative environment to make us strive for something better?
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