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Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life: Setting Boundaries on Unhealthy Relationships Kindle Edition

by David Hawkins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 292 ratings
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Some of the most difficult people to deal with are those whofail to take responsibility for their lives and who wreak havoc in theirrelationships. Author and relationship doctor David Hawkins offers help forthose caught unavoidably in the craziness of a disordered person’s life. With clear explanations,examples, and real life solutions, Hawkins shows readers

  • how to develop healthy life skill tools and boundaries
  • when, why, and how to confront a person who drives them crazy
  • how disordered people think, act, and see the world

Anyone trapped in another person’s cycle of disorder willdiscover ways to change their own response, perspective, and communication, andultimately will find the hope of peace in the chaos.

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    Harvest House Publishers
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    February 1, 2007
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"I devoured the Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life book and am now reading every Harvest House title Dr. David Hawkins has written. The book is brilliant and so are his other titles, like When Pleasing Others is Hurting You. God really used CrazyMakers to confirm that I had taken the right steps in drawing boundaries in my life. So many times Christians think that being 'Christ-like' means putting up with all the garbage people want to throw at us, but if we don't stop the garbage-throwing then we're just enabling those throwing it. CrazyMakers really helps to define the different types of 'crazy makers' and then equips the reader with how to recognize them, set boundaries, and not take the bait these people throw out. Bottom line is, 'crazy makers' WANT to engage you in their dysfunction and well...make you crazy! Dr. Hawkins empowers his readers to be able to break free from those who are making them crazy. I will be carrying David Hawkins' books on my website and in the conferences where I speak as well as quoting him when I write. They're indispensable tools for anyone who wants to live a successful Christian life."
—Debra White Smith, bestselling author of the Austin series and What Jane Austin Taught Me About Love and Romance

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"I devoured the Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life book and am now reading every Harvest House title Dr. David Hawkins has written. The book is brilliant and so are his other titles, like When Pleasing Others is Hurting You. God really used CrazyMakers to confirm that I had taken the right steps in drawing boundaries in my life. So many times Christians think that being 'Christ-like' means putting up with all the garbage people want to throw at us, but if we don't stop the garbage-throwing then we're just enabling those throwing it. CrazyMakers really helps to define the different types of 'crazy makers' and then equips the reader with how to recognize them, set boundaries, and not take the bait these people throw out. Bottom line is, 'crazy makers' WANT to engage you in their dysfunction and well...make you crazy! Dr. Hawkins empowers his readers to be able to break free from those who are making them crazy. I will be carrying David Hawkins' books on my website and in the conferences where I speak as well as quoting him when I write. They're indispensable tools for anyone who wants to live a successful Christian life."
—Debra White Smith, bestselling author of the Austin series and What Jane Austin Taught Me About Love and Romance

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005MJ8OV6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harvest House Publishers; Annotated edition (February 1, 2007)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 1, 2007
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1872 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 292 ratings

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David Hawkins

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Dr. David Hawkins, MBA, MSW, MA, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and director of the Marriage Recovery Center who has helped bring healing to thousands of marriages and individuals since he began his work in 1976. He is passionate about working with couples in crisis and offering them ways of healing their wounds and finding their way back to being passionately in love with each other.

Over the past ten years, Dr. Hawkins has become a leader in the field of treatment for narcissism and emotional abuse within relationships. He is also a speaker & trainer for the American Association of Christian Counselors and writes for Crosswalk.com, CBN.org and Believe.com. He is a weekly guest on Moody Radio and Faith Radio and is a best-selling author of over thirty books.

He has two grown sons, is happily married to Christie Hawkins, and lives on Bainbridge Island, outside Seattle, WA.

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Dr. Greg A. Grove
5.0 out of 5 stars Dealing with Crazy Makers and Winning!
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
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This book is insightful and will guide you toward resolution of difficult people in your life and the games they play with you, for their benefit. Life is challenging enough without having to sidestep people who are neurotics with agendas that destroy rather than build you up. I liked the conversational style the psychologist Dr. David Hawkins uses at the beginning of the book to ease his way into the "gold" -- the issues and tissues stuff. He writes frankly, from years of psychotherapy experience as well as experiences freely shared from his own life confrontations. At first I thought "I" was at fault. Now I realize in many instances I was merely a sounding board for difficult people, crazy making people, to fixate on my kind nature and listening ear. It's refreshing to know that I can now manage to deactivate interpersonal games quickly and without "trauma drama." If you are tired of being a victim of the infantile narcissist, grab an herbal and this book. You are in for quite a journey toward mental health...with or without Toto at your side.
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2022
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Excellent book! Really hit home and helped me in my journey. Good therapy if you have a crazy-maker in your life And helps coping with the aftermath
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TonyM
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book to open your eyes to the crazymakers that can ruin your life.
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2015
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Great book identifying the personality types that will drive any rational person crazy. I should have learned this stuff in college or earlier in life. Savvy people know this stuff, but I had to read this book to get a handle on the subject. The book does rely on a Christian thematic at times. It did not bother me, as actually the crazy ones need lots of help, and it can only come from God; and the only way you can heal is by forgiveness. And for humans that is very hard to do after having dealt with a crazy maker. This book was so useful I have passed it on to others. This book opened up my shut eyes.
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Moira
4.0 out of 5 stars Eye opening way to identify and deal with those who drive you crazy!
Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2013
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For years I have struggled to know how to deal with people who constantly drive me crazy with their behavior. This book identifies those people into basic types, clearly spells out their behavior and offers up ways to deal with them effectively. I must admit that I need to go back and read the book again to digest all of these things so I can put into use the strategies the author poses, because my first read was so engrossing that I got through it too fast to really remember everything it spells out. My family has been the primary crazy makers in my life, so this book is going to be my survival guide in learning how to set boundaries, take back my life, and be in control instead of allowing the crazy makers to keep me constantly off balance. Written in easy to understand language and also from a Christian perspective, I found this book very insightful and thought provoking. The author also helps the reader to understand ineffective ways of responding to those who drive us crazy and offers up effective new ways to deal with these situations that gives back the sanity and sense of balance we need in our lives.
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Miss Voltage
5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me tremendously and I am super grateful for him
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2017
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Dr Hawkins is genuine, honest, full of respect and a wise, seasoned tool of God to help us through this junk! Helped me tremendously and I am super grateful for him, and for this excellent work! Its easy to read too! A must read if you think you've got a crazy maker in your life. And if you're honest with yourself, you'll learn what some of your junk is, and how to "deal with it"! I did. :). Thanks Dr. Hawkins!
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GG
5.0 out of 5 stars Life changing
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2020
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I read this book when it first came out and it really changed my entire life. I have used these lessons many times over the course of my professional career and was able to save my sanity. I recently bought this again for someone else who has been trying to talk sane to crazy and wondering why it isn't working. He just started reading it and said he was hooked. From the get go, it blew his mind the way it was describing what he was going through. He didn't even get to the really good parts yet. I am so thankful this book was written.
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Hlittell
3.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2012
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Ok so Pros of this book: To me this book mainly spent alot of time explaining how to spot different types of crazy makers,how they do it however 9 chapeters later it is helpful in giving advice on how to deal with them. One thing I kept to heart is that "boundaries have edges" Which basically means that if you tell someone No or whatnot you are not wrong even if it hurts someones feelings because you must have boundaries. This has always been a issue for me allowing the crazymakers to run me over as I was worried what they would think of me, hurting feeling and etc..So it did what it told you it would do.

Cons: There is alot of religious reference in the book, I would have avoided buying if I had realized before hand. I have read ALOT of self help type books and this book had ALOT of other book references. It almost seemed that every other page the auther was referencing what another author said it another book. Several times I wondered if I should be reading a their book instead of this one.r
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jana
5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me learn how to have strength and discernment!
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2014
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When dealing with those folks in my life that seem to live to make me miserable and cause problems, it makes clear the problem(s) really belong to those troublemakers. This book gives clear and concise ways to handle almost any situation that those crazymakers throw at me without giving MY power away by dealing out the wrong responses and/or retaliation based on my own fickle feelings. It was an eyeopener into what makes these folks tick and made me have sympathy and understanding for these folks in my life as they are the ones that are truly suffering....not those of us that they make crazy! Empowering reading!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth a read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2019
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Glad I bought it as it consolidates what I knew from various sources. And it helpful. I keep remembering “Don’t get hooked” and it helps me.
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Francilyn
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is excellent. I learned a great deal about a member ...
Reviewed in Canada on September 10, 2016
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This book is excellent. I learned a great deal about a member of my family who is borderline and also about myself. I am learning how to avoid getting drawn into decades-old arguments . I know how to end a conversation that has no purpose other than to create chaos. I know how to back away without feeling guilt. Already other family members are interested in purchasing this book . I'm so grateful that the author, Dr. Hawkins, chose to share his knowlege with the world. This book is tool to help you understand the Crazymakers in your life and you will want to share it with others!
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Miss L M Greening
4.0 out of 5 stars Good examples fo crazymakers
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2019
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I have several books from this author. He is clearly very knowledgeable and his books have saved me from time to time. This book did have some good examples of crazy makers and how to deal with them. I would have hope for more depth however, as some of the crazy maker personalities can be so toxic and dangerous. This book did not quite go into that side of it as much as I would have liked. However, it was very enjoyable to read and some of the stories were brilliant. I know this author is religious and often mentions scriptures in all of his books, which I find interesting and do not mind at all however, I did think they were overdone is this particular book, with something on almost every page. This was slightly annoying for a spiritual but non religious person like me. All in all a good book but not as good as some of his others.
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Beth Querengesser
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on April 21, 2015
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Our counsellors highly recommend it.
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Marcus Schmaling
4.0 out of 5 stars decent book on handling emotional abusers
Reviewed in Canada on February 25, 2022
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Some really helpful categories to understand and navigate emotional abuse: the sufferer, the control freak, etc. I did find the content a bit repetitive and diffuse. Overall a worthwhile read. Dr. David Hawkins is an expert in this area and has helped me a lot.
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