Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k Yourself series) by Gary John Bishop, 1 star

[Jen]

Some parts are worth reading eg the bit about taking action if you want change, but some parts are definitely not what to read in my life right now. Some quotes I have an issue with are "You're not any worse off than anyone else" (so everyone has had an abusive relationship, lost their job when diagnosed with PTSD and got cancer or a worse combination in the last few years?), "you're never going to have a better moment than this" (I'd better or why not end it now?), "if we're being honest with ourselves, we'll realize that our own problems are insignificant" (again above), and best of all is that apparently I brought it on myself, wanted it all and deserved it.
Absolutely not the book to read while dealing with cancer. I was hoping it might help me get in a better headspace to continue this journey but being told it's my fault and serves me right does not help.
I strongly advise anyone with real problems to avoid this book like the plague. If you need a good kick up the butt and are stuck in a rut it is probably appropriate, but not if you are trying to stay alive.

[Holly R W]

I'm surprised that such a book would even be published. The "advice" sounds terrible. The 1 star rating is deserved.

[Robin P]

I'm so sorry you had to go through this crummy book along with everything else you are dealing with. Barbara Ehrenreich wrote Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America after all the peppy, "it's all in your attitude" messages she got when she had cancer. (I'm not specifically recommending that book to you now, it just came to mind.) If you want to read something more helpful, local support groups or a hospital social worker probably have better suggestions.