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30. sean - 2008-07-05 17:42:29 |
Dr. Sorensen, thank you for this book of Love and Hope !!!
My whole life(43yrs)I lived with very low thoughts of myself. I did not understand why I had such thoughts and as I read your book and reflect back thur my years I now see that I had the masterteacher of low self-esteem(my father). The abuse that I have experienced is as follow; I was violently attacked on numerous occasiouns by the family dog from the ages of 10 to 15 years old. My father would not put the dog to sleep he said that I deserved it because I made the dog aggressive.I did make the dog aggressive.I took my anger out on the dog because I was depressed, I didn’t know what I was doing, no child deservers what I endured.I was ridiculed for being overweight by my father and brothers and as I aged I recieved it from society as well.I was taught by my father that I was unworthy, unloveable,a failure,stupid,fat,ulgy,lazy. I guess he Loved me so much that he wanted me to be the better person he was not. He is 84yrs old he still does not accept or realize what he has done was wrong. I forgive him. I have three children of my own and I do not at all do them what my father has done to me. My only regret is that now my wife,the Love of my life, has experienced the wrath of my father thur me. I brought this into my marriage and now I can’t turn back time and change things. I really want my wife to understand LSE and how we all all vicitums including our three children.I wish she would believe and to standup and fight for we are all vicitums. I keep asking her to read your book and truely understand that I am not makingup any excuses for my actions.She has not tried to read it because she feels that I have been in control my life and I knew what I was doing and that my delaying change in my life was my choice. I was thinking if maybe you could send her an email so she could hear it from a dr. a professional, someone other than me that she might think differently. Her email address is [brandygirl232003 @ yahoo.com] We are a struggling family of now six people and in the process of divorce, everyday I wish I could stop this and start over, because this is a tradgy to the highest degree! |
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<!--666654-->Hi everyone, I’m from Poland (Warsaw). I’m so lucky that I found Mrs Sorensen’s books on amazon.com. I started to read them only after one year after I purchased them. So, I was not aware what a gift I bought. Finally I have completed both "The breaking the chains...." and The personal work book today.
The awareness of what is LSE and the mechanics of the illness is a great breakthrough by itself. Hope to make further progress over the next months on my individual work. In Poland the issue around LSE is completely underestimated and misunderstood. |
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28. Lisa - 2008-05-21 04:10:44 |
| I have just recently discovered that low self-esteem is the underlying issue behind all of the troubles in my life. I began drinking when I was 12 years old. Then I was diagnosed with depression at 15 and began taking anti-depressants. I did move on in my life and I have a BA in Human Services and Counseling because I was trying to "heal myself". However, I graduated in 2002 and I have never officially worked in the field because I attended heal myself. Guess what, it didn’t work!! I have struggled for more than half my life (I am 31), with so called "depression" which lead to alcoholism. I drink every single day and I feel like a total failure everyday of my life. I am intelligent enough to know and realize that I "know better" so to speak, however, I can’t do it! I am dying inside. My mother’s side of the family has always had a history of "depression", actually I recently have realized that it is a history of low self-esteem. Self-esteem is definitely the CAUSE and not the result of MANY disorders! Hopefully there is light at the end of the tunnel for all of us! |
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27. Kathy Gibson - 2008-05-17 10:23:34 |
Hello, My name is Kathy Gibson
"THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT LOW SELF ESTEEM"
Low self esteem is the result of a childs primary cause and effect experiences of self recorded in the brains neural pathways. Biology + Psychology = Neurology. |
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26. Jennifer - 2008-05-07 20:22:51 |
| This is the first time I had ever made sense of whats going on in my life, and the incite to know how to handle it. Thank you. |
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25. Tim in Portland - 2008-04-20 22:20:24 |
Dr. Sorensen’s services were a core component of the psychological improvement that I’ve experienced. This improvement has been both with regards to my self-esteem, which was a chronic problem since I was a child, and also with regards to specific relationship issues (including divorce) in my life recently.
I am fortunate that I live in Portland because it allowed me to benefit from face-to-face counseling with Dr. Sorensen. I believe that this direct counseling provided the greater benefit, as compared to her books.
To keep this message short(er), I’ll simply say that due to changes in my perception which her therapy fostered, I can handle life’s hurdles as they come. I am far less likely to feel overwhelmed, depressed, or as though I don’t have what it takes to handle the situation. I feel empowered to judge emotional thoughts and attitudes, and disentangle reasonable ones from those which are dysfunctional interpretations or fantasies. (Besides Dr. Sorensen’s therapy, I’ve also benefitted from daily meditation.)
And I’d like to add that I appreciate her recent advice during our last session, because it was quite direct and it proved to be a very effective solution to an emotionally-charged relationship issue for me. (The better she knows her patient, the greater her ability to be directive, I suppose.) |
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24. Tami - 2008-03-06 23:31:18 |
| i will be ordering these book soon our counsler referred me to them. he says your books are wondeful!!! |
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23. Laurie in Southern Oregon - 2008-02-01 04:39:40 |
| Please see the following letter! |
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22. - 2008-02-01 04:38:17 |
I am writing to encourage others with self esteem issues to read "Breaking the Chain of Low Self-Esteem", and if possible, contact Dr. Sorensen for counseling.
After suffering from anxiety and depression for over 25 years, seeing almost as many therapists and trying even more medications, I was a walking shell of my true self. I suffered from panic attacks, insomnia, had lost interest in all activities and felt hopeless and unhappy. My daughter sent me a copy of Dr. Sorensen’s book and I contacted her immediately, as I could see myself in her book - page after page!
With her help and through the book, I began to understand the cause of my unhappiness. I had very low self-esteem. The progress that I have made in the past seven months is amazing. I am learning to control anxiety, stop the destructive thoughts, and I am finding inner peace and happiness. I am sleeping well and wake up happy and ready for what the day brings. Best of all, I am looking forward to a bright future, something I never dreamed possible.
It has taken work, but I am dedicated to becoming well and whole again. I have learned skills that I will practice the rest of my life. Dr. Sorensen has given me my life back and I am so grateful.
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21. Troy - 2008-01-21 00:53:41 |
Hi Marilyn. I’m just writing to thank you for your work.....from the bottom of my heart.
Here’s a little of my story. Hopefully this isn’t too long winded, but if anybody out there is feeling anxious, depressed, or frustrated about your life, read on. About 6 or 7 years ago, I had a major breakdown. I won’t go into details, but life just wasn’t working in any area. I did not want to live anymore. I always thought that I was a pretty stable (albeit uncomfortable) guy, but nothing was working and life just didn’t appear to be worth living. I was extremely anxious and very depressed. So I went on a major quest to get my life working. Somehow I summoned the courage and determination to keep going for the past 6 years. I read every self-help book imaginable. I hired personal development coaches. I went to seminar after seminar. I spent well into the six figures on this stuff. I did a LOT of work. Some of the stuff helped a little, but I couldn’t seem to completely snap out of my funk and I had no idea why. I kept thinking that if I could just be more successful or learn enough personal development tricks and techniques, then I would finally be able to feel good. I had this lurking feeling that maybe my self esteem wasn’t very high, but I didn’t want to face that yucky monster so I stayed in denial trying to push harder to get/be/do more. Finally, after a particularly anxious episode just a couple days ago, I googled "self esteem" and found your book. Thank God I did. Over the past three days, I have read the first 8 chapters in "Breaking the Chain...". I can honestly say that I have had the best 2 days of my life - that I can remember anyway. I’ve had this strange feeling of ok-ness. It’s definitely foreign to me, but I sure like it. It’s like I’m empty all of a sudden - in a very good way. My forceful and anxious determination has some how given way to a relaxed and peaceful hopefulness. I’m of course nowhere near perfectly happy, peaceful, and successful after three days, but somehow I know that everything is going to be ok. And that’s definitely NOT a familiar feeling for me, so I can’t really describe it yet. I have a feeling that it’s a good thing. There’s of course much more to my story, but there’s the short version.
I could never thank you enough. I’ve only had your book for three days, but I think you have made one guy’s life worth living. I’m excited to get to the rest of your material and to begin to face the world without that old super critical voice beating me down all the time. What a relief.
Thank you Marilyn,
-Troy
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