How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People
Even though she knows she’s not having a heart attack, Jane will still be feeling intense dread that is probably focused on her ...
handle than the results of continued running—either regular trips to doc- tors and emergency rooms—or seeing Jane narrow her lif ...
If the problem is panic, the best possible outcome is that Jane get some control of her emotions and stay at the mall rather tha ...
Increasing activity level is far more effective than some of the more passive techniques for controlling hyperventilation, like ...
only trying to help. She will probably suggest that you’d have to be crazy to want to go shopping with her again. Maybe you’d ha ...
Rachel is criticized, and her brain gives her a dose of adrenaline to help her protect herself. Her senses sharpen, but there’s ...
supply what she has lost—the capacity to control her own thoughts. Unless you want to become a permanent appendage to her brain, ...
they were hurt children, or honor their sadness by listening. Both of these responses will encourage Rachel to recount the whole ...
When you begin talking with Rachel, let her know in advance how much time you’re willing to spend. Fifteen minutes is usually en ...
discusses these issues, and suggest she contact that person. Preferably after work. Be prepared to hear that you’re the only per ...
From the outside, explosions into anger appear sudden, but what you’re seeing is only the rapid expansion of the same cycle of r ...
THINK FIRST. You face Brandon with your mind aswirl. Your primitive brain is screaming to fight back or run away, while more rat ...
At the instinctive level, Brandon expects you to fight back or run away. Anything you do that doesn’t conform to that expectatio ...
correct his facts. The goal is to have him empty his head of the material he’s been using to stay angry. Don’t give him anything ...
Trying to convince an angry person that something isn’t your fault is worse than having it be your fault. Trust me on this. ASK, ...
The National Institute of Health estimates that there are 19 million Americans with anxiety disorders, 22 million with depressio ...
Chapter 2 What’s Wrong with These People? How What We Know About Mental Disorders Can Help, or Hurt Jane’s husband dashes toward ...
* Brandon bellies up to the bar at Cassidy’s. “Better make it a pitcher, Fran, it’s been a really stressful day. You wouldn’t ...
What are emotional explosions? Are they symptoms of disease or evi- dence of weakness? If explosions are symptoms, are the disea ...
The third reason the different beliefs and opinions of experts must be considered is that emotional explosions are not just symp ...
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