Emotional Mastery for Adults with Aspergers - Practical Techniques to work through anger, anxiety and depression

by Leslie Burby, Mark Blakey

Emotional awareness is not something that we are taught in school and it is rarely even understood by our parents. We live in a society where even those not in the Autistic Spectrum (Neuro-typical Individuals) suffer to some extent with emotional repression and its subsequent side effects. It is not surprising that most with Asperger’s syndrome struggle to get the help, knowledge and understanding to deal with problems with anger, anxiety and depression.Following the creation of the Asperger Test Site, we received a steady flow of questions from people seeking advice following their diagnosis. One of the things we noticed is that it was the emotional aspect of life that people were struggling with the most. Issues around anxiety, anger and depression are quite common for adults with Aspergers. There is a common misconception that people with Aspergers don't feel emotions, but that is simply not true. What is true is that there is difficulty understanding , communicating and dealing with the emotions that are present. This book is intended to give you a better understanding of the emotions that affect those living with Asperger’s syndrome. In writing this book, we deemed first to identify what the problem areas are before looking for resolutions. While we could not cover every single emotion in this book, we have covered the ones that are most problematic. We hope it will provide a powerful reference that you can use to improve the quality of your life.

Genres: Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Aspergers, Nonfiction

90 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 6, 2012

Reviews

[Lydia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kindle Unlimited

Quick and easy read; gives examples of activities to try (yoga, meditation, tai chi, qigong); wish it was longer and a bit kore thorough.

[Eric Jewett · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good source ...

This is a quick read with a mix of some grounding and suggested techniques to move past the primary complaints associated with Asperger Syndrome. It is not exhaustive but that would require much more work from the reader as well as the author. As such, "Mastery" may be a bit optimistic but at least "facing and coping, while striving to break the negative patterns" is a worthwhile goal, albeit a terrible title.
My only quibble is that the authors could have used another set of eyes to review the text. There are a couple of minor mechanical hiccups and a sentence or two where a missing word obscured their point. Taking as a whole, though, I have no problem recommending this book as a resource.

[Jennie Rigg · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book might be useful for people who haven't already worked out coping mechanisms, but for me it felt trite and over simplistic. I found myself thinking "yes, and...?" quite a lot as the authors outlined problems a lot better than solutions - and the solutions that WERE offered were offered with little mention of the potential pitfalls that some of them have (CBT being a classic example).

I didn't find anything offensively wrong, it was just overly simple