The examined life : how we lose and find ourselves /
Grosz, Stephen,
The examined life : how we lose and find ourselves / by Stephen Grosz. - London : Chatto and Windus, 2013. - xii, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Machine generated contents note: Beginnings -- How we can be possessed by a story that cannot be told -- On laughter -- How praise can cause a loss of confidence -- The gift of pain -- A safe house -- Telling Lies -- On secrets -- On not being in a couple -- A passion for ignorance -- On intimacy -- The bigger the front -- Loving -- At home -- How paranoia can relieve suffering and prevent a catastrophe -- On the recovery of lost feelings -- Why parents envy their children -- On wanting the impossible -- On hate -- How lovesickness keeps us from love -- Changing -- How a fear of loss can cause us to lose everything -- How negativity prevents our surrender to love -- On losing a wallet -- A change in the family -- Why we lurch from crisis to crisis -- On being boring -- On mourning the future -- How anger can keep us from sadness -- On being a patient -- Going back -- On bearing death -- Leaving -- Through silence -- On closure -- On waking from a dream.
In his work as a practising psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. The Examined Life distils over 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon.
9780701185350
2014498748
GBB293546 bnb
Psychoanalysis.
Psychology.
Psychoanalysis--Case studies.
Psychology--Case studies.
150.195 / GR-E
The examined life : how we lose and find ourselves / by Stephen Grosz. - London : Chatto and Windus, 2013. - xii, 225 pages ; 22 cm
Machine generated contents note: Beginnings -- How we can be possessed by a story that cannot be told -- On laughter -- How praise can cause a loss of confidence -- The gift of pain -- A safe house -- Telling Lies -- On secrets -- On not being in a couple -- A passion for ignorance -- On intimacy -- The bigger the front -- Loving -- At home -- How paranoia can relieve suffering and prevent a catastrophe -- On the recovery of lost feelings -- Why parents envy their children -- On wanting the impossible -- On hate -- How lovesickness keeps us from love -- Changing -- How a fear of loss can cause us to lose everything -- How negativity prevents our surrender to love -- On losing a wallet -- A change in the family -- Why we lurch from crisis to crisis -- On being boring -- On mourning the future -- How anger can keep us from sadness -- On being a patient -- Going back -- On bearing death -- Leaving -- Through silence -- On closure -- On waking from a dream.
In his work as a practising psychoanalyst, Stephen Grosz has spent the last twenty-five years uncovering the hidden feelings behind our most baffling behaviour. The Examined Life distils over 50,000 hours of conversation into pure psychological insight, without the jargon.
9780701185350
2014498748
GBB293546 bnb
Psychoanalysis.
Psychology.
Psychoanalysis--Case studies.
Psychology--Case studies.
150.195 / GR-E