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Yo soy así
¿Quién no conoce a alguien obsesionado con el orden? ¿Quién no desearía saltarse las normas y comportarse con total libertad? Seguro que en tu círculo de amigos o en tu familia hay un hipocondríaco, un celoso o un supersticioso, a lo mejor hasta te reconoces a ti mismo en alguno de esos perfiles. En realidad, todos somos un poco neuróticos y lo que intentamos cada día es vivir y convivir lo mejor que podemos con nuestras manías y con las de los demás.
Con la pluma repleta de humor inteligente de Fernando Trías de Bes y la experiencia profesional del psicólogo Tomás Navarro, asistiremos a un desfile de personajes divertidos e histriónicos que nos servirán de reflejo de nosotros mismos y nos ayudarán a desvelar algunas de las claves psicológicas para mejorar nuestra vida y la de los que nos rodean.
Con la pluma repleta de humor inteligente de Fernando Trías de Bes y la experiencia profesional del psicólogo Tomás Navarro, asistiremos a un desfile de personajes divertidos e histriónicos que nos servirán de reflejo de nosotros mismos y nos ayudarán a desvelar algunas de las claves psicológicas para mejorar nuestra vida y la de los que nos rodean.
- GenresPsychologyNonfiction
272 pages, Paperback
Published September 3, 2019
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Tomás Navarro
42 books37 followersTomás Navarro. Psicólogo atípico, consultor, escritor, explorador... Conferencias en más de 20 países. Autor de 6 libros traducidos a más de 30 idiomas
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January 31, 2022
The main subject of the book is to speak about common obsessions in a very light and humouristic way in order to help the readers deal with them and accept them as part of who they are. Each chapter speaks for a different category of "obsessions" e.g. organisation, jealousy, authority etc., starting with a funny (or supposed to be funny) and extreme fictional story and then discuses it for the rest of the chapter, again in a humorous manner.
In total the light writing style made the reading quite pleasant, while -at least in the way I experienced it- I kept looking forward the end of each chapter to go and read the starting story of the next one. However, there are some things that in my humble opinion could have been executed better. So here is a list with weak (again, in my personal opinion) points:
- Some of the stories weren't funny, they were in fact sad. Some of them really sad. They weren't just extreme examples of obsessions that "someone can accept that he has and can live with them", as the title suggests, but rather serious problems that someone needs to get help to get over.
- You cannot (and must not) make jokes about everything. This is connected to the previous point and has to do with the way those extreme examples are commented in the book. As an example there is a chapter speaking about jealousy, where in the story there is a jealous husband secretly following his wife and asking everyone she visited if she flirted with them i.e. shop owners, waiters, doctors etc. (the same time that we keep hearing about murders of women from jealous partners...) There is another chapter with someone pretending to be a doctor just to feel important. Those are mental cases that can cause major harm. It feels like the authors trust too much the readers' judgement, but personally that made me feel uncomfortable. People with such issues should not be able to find any book speaking lightly about their behaviour and implying in any way that they should accept it. There should be bold capital red letters clarifying that this is serious and they should get some help. Or this is the only way I would personally feel comfortable reading those examples in any book.
- There were some very common obsessions (and pretty much harmless ones) that could match the concept of the book way better. E.g. the extreme fear of getting sick (also very timely!), the obsession with the right use of the language, etc. I can think of a full list of little cute harmless obsessions (only looking at my close environment haha) that would serve the purpose of the book better.
Concluding, although I found the idea behind the book very intriguing and felt that it had great potential, I was in many cases disappointed by the execution. To be fair, there are many funny, useful and pointful things discussed in the book, but given the discussed weaknesses, in a world that tones of books get published everyday this was not - in my opinion - outstanding.
In total the light writing style made the reading quite pleasant, while -at least in the way I experienced it- I kept looking forward the end of each chapter to go and read the starting story of the next one. However, there are some things that in my humble opinion could have been executed better. So here is a list with weak (again, in my personal opinion) points:
- Some of the stories weren't funny, they were in fact sad. Some of them really sad. They weren't just extreme examples of obsessions that "someone can accept that he has and can live with them", as the title suggests, but rather serious problems that someone needs to get help to get over.
- You cannot (and must not) make jokes about everything. This is connected to the previous point and has to do with the way those extreme examples are commented in the book. As an example there is a chapter speaking about jealousy, where in the story there is a jealous husband secretly following his wife and asking everyone she visited if she flirted with them i.e. shop owners, waiters, doctors etc. (the same time that we keep hearing about murders of women from jealous partners...) There is another chapter with someone pretending to be a doctor just to feel important. Those are mental cases that can cause major harm. It feels like the authors trust too much the readers' judgement, but personally that made me feel uncomfortable. People with such issues should not be able to find any book speaking lightly about their behaviour and implying in any way that they should accept it. There should be bold capital red letters clarifying that this is serious and they should get some help. Or this is the only way I would personally feel comfortable reading those examples in any book.
- There were some very common obsessions (and pretty much harmless ones) that could match the concept of the book way better. E.g. the extreme fear of getting sick (also very timely!), the obsession with the right use of the language, etc. I can think of a full list of little cute harmless obsessions (only looking at my close environment haha) that would serve the purpose of the book better.
Concluding, although I found the idea behind the book very intriguing and felt that it had great potential, I was in many cases disappointed by the execution. To be fair, there are many funny, useful and pointful things discussed in the book, but given the discussed weaknesses, in a world that tones of books get published everyday this was not - in my opinion - outstanding.
April 16, 2020
El libro toca varios temas distintos, algunos me han interesado y otros no.
Los que me han interesado tengo que decir que los autores plantean la situación de una forma que me han hecho ver cosas que tenía escondidas de hace tiempo.
Así que muchas gracias por hacer este libro.
Los que me han interesado tengo que decir que los autores plantean la situación de una forma que me han hecho ver cosas que tenía escondidas de hace tiempo.
Así que muchas gracias por hacer este libro.
November 8, 2020
Este libro fue interesante, aunque el intento de humor de los autores fue más irritante que entretenido. Aun así, los autores comunican de una forma clara y accesible las miles de manías que plagan al ser humano y cómo podemos a aprender a vivir con las nuestras y las de los más cercanos a nosotros. Disfrute específicamente de la honestidad de los autores, que no solo reconocen la parte oscura de la humanidad, pero también la necesidad de cortar de nuestra vida aquellas personas cuya personalidad solo se puede describir como nocivas.
October 9, 2023
Buen libro de psicologia y crecimiento personal.
Aunque algunas situaciones que se comentan nos parecen un poco exageradas, hay comportamientos y actitudes en las que nos sentimos reflejados o conocemos a alguien que encajaría con dicha descripción.
Se nota que Tomás Navarro tiene buenas ideas y sabe de qué habla, lo que también nos permite crecer a los lectores es que demuestra tener un ángulo de visión muy amplio.
Lo recomiendo a todas esas personas interesadas con el género y que tengan ganas de aprender a la vez que sueltan alguna que otra carcajada.
Aunque algunas situaciones que se comentan nos parecen un poco exageradas, hay comportamientos y actitudes en las que nos sentimos reflejados o conocemos a alguien que encajaría con dicha descripción.
Se nota que Tomás Navarro tiene buenas ideas y sabe de qué habla, lo que también nos permite crecer a los lectores es que demuestra tener un ángulo de visión muy amplio.
Lo recomiendo a todas esas personas interesadas con el género y que tengan ganas de aprender a la vez que sueltan alguna que otra carcajada.
July 24, 2020
Una manera dinámica e interesante de ver lo que esconden nuestras manías y ciertos comportamientos cotidianos, algunos ejemplos se van a los extremos pero como bien mencionan los autores podemos tener un poco de cada uno 😬
February 13, 2022
3.5 estrellas.
Tiene puntos súper interesantes y otros que necesito analizar con más profundidad pero en general ha sido una lectura ligera y productiva.
Tiene puntos súper interesantes y otros que necesito analizar con más profundidad pero en general ha sido una lectura ligera y productiva.
February 28, 2024
Terapia intensiva
September 29, 2025
me parece sumamente disfrutable, lleno de anécdotas es como platicar con un amigo que da excelentes consejos y ademas no te hace sentir culpable o regañado. muy recomendable ya seas psicólogo o no
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