Fresh Out Of Hell: Escaping the Negative Influences of Toxic Parenting [Paperback]

Alyson Kay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2005

Imagine blindfolding a child, shackling their feet, attaching a millstone around their neck and then sending them out to function and find their place in the world. This shocking scenario illustrates what its like to live with the repercussions and long term effects of childhood emotional abuse, a hidden yet pervasive malady currently affecting millions of adult survivors. In "Fresh Out Of Hell," Alyson Kay candidly shares her challenging journey out of the hell of emotional chaos and negative parental programming, into a new world of wholeness. It is her hope to help and encourage others with her story.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Fresh Out Of Hell" is a brave and inspiring story. It will give comfort and hope...I strongly recommend it. -- Susan Forward, Ph.D., author of

...Beautifully written, this book will enlighten and inspire both parent and child. -- Ron Scolastico, Ph.D., author of

...will help readers to see the many ways we bind ourselves to unproductive habits and disinterested people... -- Elan Golomb, Ph.D, author of

From the Publisher

"Well written... a real story of courage and hope! An asset to those who may have experienced a similar family situation."

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Kay Creative (April 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1583850694
• ISBN-13: 978-1583850695
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #528,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars haviing a toxic parent is tough, June 3, 2008

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Situations such as having a toxic parent (let alone two in the author's case) are anguishing, difficult and wrenching. Having experienced such parenting myself, and having similarly reacted in earlier life with alcohol and other problems similar to the author's own life responses, I was keenly interested to know how the author came to what I imagined to be triumph. She came to a point of seeing the necessity of accepting profound disapointment and grief about both the self-aborption of her parents which she continually experienced as well as accepting disappointment and grief about the healthy parenting she had missed. The author's own ultiimate arduous, painful resolution seemed to involve coming to the belief that she had to withdraw from certain relationships. I applaud the author for grappling through her struggle, for her honesty in sharing it and for her many years of remaining clean and sober. I don't know if it is a judgement on the author's resolution or not but I personally was hoping to learn new edifying skills or insights which for me were just not in the book. I did identify with and find cathartic her honesty about the perpetual disappointments of having narcissistic, thoroughly self-engrossed key relatives. That part I could relate with. I guess I was looking for new ways to feel capable and skilled IN relationship with such people.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT !, August 4, 2005

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D. Westlund "Dee" (LA Calif.) - See all my reviews
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Written with courage, insight, understanding and complete honesty, Ms. Kay peels open her childhood in hopes of reaching others. She states

facts of her life without rancor and shows us that abuse comes in many forms, some very insiduous and not easily seen from the outside. Her struggle to overcome her childhood is a roadmap to regaining yourself. A huge personal success and inspiration for others.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most insightful, passionate, honest books I've ever read, June 28, 2005

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Loree Lynn (Culver City, CA) - See all my reviews
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I have been working with artists for many years, training and assisting them to find their own way out of the hells that they find themselves in as the result of just the kind of life experiences as Alyson Kay describes so poignantly in this book. It is such an inspiration to read such an open, eloquent, and heartful book as this.

This book is one of the most insightful, emotionally candid, intuitive, passionately honest autobiographical books I've ever had the opportunity to read.

It is intimate; and if more people had the courage to look at what actually happened to them while trying to be a child, we could begin the real discoveries that will truly change the world.

It is extremely well written, constructed, and sequenced. Once you pick it up, you cannot put it down.

Its message is clear: We are moving toward an increasingly emotionally disconnected world which is indeed Hell itself. Congratulations to Kay Creatives' Alyson Kay for being one of the few 'fresh out of Hell'.

Most sincerely with love and respect,

Loree Lynn, CEO, Founder, and Head Instructor of DreaMakers Center for the Aspiring Performing Artist