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Usually people stonewall as a protection against feeling psychologically and physically overwhelmed, a sensation we call flooding. It occurs when your spouse’s negativity is so intense and sudden that it leaves you shell-shocked. You feel so defenseless against this sniper attack that you learn to do anything to avoid a replay. The more often you
... See moreJohn Gottman • The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert
The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud.
Irvin D. Yalom • When Nietzsche Wept: A Novel Of Obsession
The original trauma is the shattering of the incoming spirit’s attention, usually before birth.
Steven Kessler • The 5 Personality Patterns: Your Guide to Understanding Yourself and Others and Developing Emotional Maturity
Despite what many might assume, the studies show that the anxiety Americans feel is not isolated to a certain class; those at the top of the socioeconomic gradient feel the stress in equal measure to those at the bottom. Robert Putnam outlined a number of similar societal dangers resulting from a disintegration of American community life, or what
... See moreElizabeth Bradley • The American Health Care Paradox: Why Spending More is Getting Us Less
If a person unconsciously fears the power of his aggressive impulses, there are various forms of defence available to him. One category of defence is discharge, by which we regress to an early childhood state when we dealt with the intolerable buildup of anger by acting it out. “You see, the acting-out, the yelling, the screaming and even the
... See moreGabor Maté • When the Body Says No
smaller. The egogram is an effective instrument by which a person can measure desired changes over a given period of time (Dusay, 1972).
William F. Cornell • Into TA
ignoring the Dreaming is an undiagnosed global epidemic.
Arnold Mindell • Dreaming While Awake
Groves argued that if a physician owns up to his or her negative feelings about a patient, and specifically characterizes those feelings, treatment becomes more effective.