Life with a Partner or Spouse with Asperger Syndrome (ASD)

Going over the Edge? Practical Steps to Saving You and Your Relationship

By: Kathy Marshack

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Amazon Description for Anniversary Edition of “Going Over the Edge?”

“‘Going Over the Edge?’ is bold, brave, and beautiful. I love how you define “Aspie” dynamics and create a language around stuff that is almost indescribable. I cried a bunch of times. It means so much that someone really understands what this life is like and can describe how the solution is more than the NeuroTypical (NT) being accommodating and understanding. I love hearing about the author’s personal experience and knowing that she gets it! I want my therapist to read this book.”

“Dr. Marshack gives relatable examples of living with someone who has ‘Aspergers’ and offers effective advice from her years of experience with family members on the Spectrum and counseling families dealing with the same/similar issues. ‘Going Over the Edge?’ is a must-read for anyone living with someone on the Spectrum. I laughed and cried at the same time. It is comforting to know you are not the only person dealing with these issues.”
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“Going Over the Edge?” is a one-of-a-kind “Asperger Syndrome” book on the Amazon best-seller list for books on Behavioral Disorders.

The Anniversary edition of Dr. Marshack’s classic has been augmented with updates on theory and terminology plus practical tips for saving you and your relationship. Her goal, with this informative and easy-to-read book, is to help you learn how to take back your life. Using the tools discussed in this book, many NeuroDivergent couples have succeeded in reclaiming the love lost in the chaos of NeuroDivergence. “Going Over the Edge?” is like a tool kit and first aid kit melded to help your relationship evolve to a saner, more companionable state.

Important additions to this edition are the Map of Empathy Territory and the 7 Step Interface Protocol, both innovative tools developed by Dr. Marshack to guide you through complex and confusing NeuroDivergent relationships. To help you expand your communication skills, Dr. Marshack provides a Lexicon of new terms which make it easier to bridge the gap between the worlds of the NeuroDiverse and NeuroTypical.

Dr. Marshack reveals touching and tragic personal secrets. Many readers of the first edition have wondered how she knows the main protagonist, Helen, so well. The author finally admits that she is Helen. To help readers living in NeuroDivergent relationships realize they do have choices, Dr. Marshack divulges even more about the trauma, heartbreak, estrangement, miracles, and healing of her NeuroDivergent life.

An established psychologist for more than 36 years and a prolific writer on Autism, “Asperger Syndrome,” NeuroDivergent relationships, Empathy, and Empathy Dysfunction, Dr. Marshack’s professional training and personal experience as the daughter, wife and mother of NeuroDiverse family members, addss profound and solid highlights to this enhanced edition of “Going Over the Edge?”
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The Anniversary Edition of “Going Over the Edge?” is one of a five-part series of Dr. Marshack’s books, "ASPERGER SYNDROME" & Relationships: Five Books to Help You Reclaim, Refresh, and Perhaps Save Your Life.

Awesome book! Ai narration not so much.

Great book! Helpful and validating to hear about other people's experiences living with someone with ASD. Sadly, the AI narration is awful. Sounds like a bell is ringing in the background. And occasionally the same sentence is repeated twice, sometimes 3 times in a row. If it wasn't such a good book, I would have stopped listening within the first 20 minutes. This book deserves a real-life, professional narrator. And human narrators deserve to be hired.