Not in Your Genes by James Oliver – heavy Oh My gosh Tome!

Oliver James is one of the most phenomenal writers on psychology and psychoses I have read for many years – in fact probably EVER read! If you read “not in your genes”  be prepared for some true and shocking exposes on some well known celebrities!  This is a man I would like to meet – he has an answer for everything – in psychological diagnostic terms as well as writing in depth on each psychosis that he examines.  A famous TV celeb and journalist apparently tried to throw her sister not once but TWICE down the stairs, another personality started having sex at NINE years old and went on to die of an apparent heroin overdose  having repeatedly been unfaithful to her husband then one of her offspring did the same, that offspring in any event being devoted more to her nanny than her mum.  Offspring Stockholm Syndrome is discussed as well as children who constantly try to please parents who have a long history of never treating their children fairly or kindly.  Schizophrenia is embraced and whether it is hereditary or caused by repeated incidences of stress including parental cruelty – mental or physical and that includes sexual abuse – Oliver James is a full-on realist and is truly accurate and in a way he must have had quite a serious and in some ways very sad life embracing these issues. Oliver James acknowledges that people with tobacco, alcohol or drug-related issues are almost invariably people who have suffered intense abuse – often in childhood – elementary some might say.  He embraces the married couple syndrome of trying to use children to solve a father’s obsession with his daughter when the father is lonely and the abuses of the daughter using her  as a bargaining  weapon of jealousy which dominates their unhealthy marriage.   He initially discusses his own personal circumstances of being a disruptive and naughty child – a disappointment to both his parents and his school until he decided to turn around, work hard and win a place at Cam bridge.  This includes his personal relationship with his father and having sisters but no brothers in his life.

I see this psychology book as being put on courses throughout the UK and elsewhere as the ultimate guide to solving not only your own problems but those of a multitude of others. I would love to meet Oliver James – he is a Mister fixit who knows the wheels and cogs behind every psychological  condition that ever was is and will be. Brothers and Sisters beware – this man knows that they can be the worst enemies in dysfunctional families that ever were – and some of us are witnesses to this ugly phenomenon Read it and learn.

Penny Nair Price