Know Your Neurosis: An Analysis of Frank Bruno’s It’s OK to Be Neurotic
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SummaryI picked It’s OK to Be Neurotic: Using Your Neuroses to Your Advantage by Frank Bruno from the bottom row on the third book case in the self-help section at Barnes & Noble because the title on the spine was so obnoxiously bold and it was shelved at the wrong end of the alphabet. They say not to pick a book by a glamorous color, and I don’t think you can get any less glamorous than plain old bold, white, block letter font in the family of Times New Roman. I am pleased to say my haphazard selection process proved fruitful in the end. It’s OK to Be Neurotic is exactly what it seems: an aide to being neurotic. That’s right: a self-help book that is not trying to force upon its readers ten easy steps to changing their entire lives. As the author states, he does not want to “cure [the reader] of [his or her] neurosis,” but instead “provide guidelines for living with [a] neurosis” (Bruno 3). I honestly did not expect such a book to exist let alone prove successful, but Frank Bruno presents an honest case that is undeniably helpful to everyone, neurotic or not, even in the smallest of ways.
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- The book precedes in probably the best manner for any self-help the book.
- For example, when explaining the common neurosis of fear or death, he looks at it from both a religious and a non-religious standpoint
- For the most part, Bruno portrays neurotic individuals in a very truthful manner.
- In fact, Bruno very finely separates his insight from psychological explanation.
- I think It's OK to Be Neurotic is more valuable than most self-help book. For one, it is not lying to its readers and itself.
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