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We are driven : the compulsive behaviors America applauds / Robert Hemfelt, Frank Minirth, Paul Meier.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Nashville : T. Nelson, ©1991.Description: 320 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0840770715
  • 9780840770714
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 616.85/227 20
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .H46 1991
NLM classification:
  • WM 176 H488 1991
Contents:
Unmasking the compulsions America applauds. Are we really having fun? -- The many masks of compulsions -- Learning to say "Ouch!" -- Riding a bike without a chain -- Breaking the cycle. Events that set the cycle in motion : Family of origin or major life trauma -- Sinister whispers from the past : Negative messages -- The shame that binds : The shame base -- Driven to be more to keep from being less : Low self-esteem -- The devastating boomerang : The "Ouch!" of emotional pain -- Our false gods : The addictive agent -- The billion-dollar price tag : Fallout -- The split personality : Violation of values -- Guilty! : Guilt -- Recovery. Touchstones for living a balanced life.
Summary: Rather than "be all we can be," the authors strive to help each of us who are susceptible to the drivenness which society values, but are actually deadly, live-damaging addictions.
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Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Non-fiction 616.85 H487W (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 038094
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616.85 C818E Essential papers on depression / 616.85 D419H How to cope with depression : 616.85 E93T The trauma response 616.85 H487W We are driven : 616.85 L784D The Dsm-iv 616.85 L913N Narcissism : denial of the true self / 616.85 M157U Understanding depression

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320).

Unmasking the compulsions America applauds. Are we really having fun? -- The many masks of compulsions -- Learning to say "Ouch!" -- Riding a bike without a chain -- Breaking the cycle. Events that set the cycle in motion : Family of origin or major life trauma -- Sinister whispers from the past : Negative messages -- The shame that binds : The shame base -- Driven to be more to keep from being less : Low self-esteem -- The devastating boomerang : The "Ouch!" of emotional pain -- Our false gods : The addictive agent -- The billion-dollar price tag : Fallout -- The split personality : Violation of values -- Guilty! : Guilt -- Recovery. Touchstones for living a balanced life.

Rather than "be all we can be," the authors strive to help each of us who are susceptible to the drivenness which society values, but are actually deadly, live-damaging addictions.

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