How to Deal with Emotionally Explosive People
Jane’s husband looks at the baseball tickets in his hand, then up at Jane. “Honey,” he says, “I know that crowds scare you, but ...
get better could be taken as evidence that there was nothing wrong in the first place. By trying to make Jane feel better, her h ...
Would you take this deal? Jane’s husband was a businessman. Had he used a business approach to analyze the deal he was offering ...
Rachel’s mother taps on her door, then enters without waiting for a response. She finds Rachel on her bed, in tears. Rachel’s mo ...
tion, treated with talk. Every bit of research suggests that they’re both right. This does not stop them from arguing over who i ...
their treatment still involves art as well as science, and a grasp of both chemistry and personality. Either one by itself is in ...
Rachel is afraid to take Wellbutrin. At least when she’s depressed she doesn’t put on weight. Her mother finally talks her into ...
it’s my job to take care of you. It has been since you first came out of my body.” The sessions with Dr. Judy help Rachel feel b ...
done by parents. They may no longer be quite sure why or how, but they’re as enthusiastic as ever, and perhaps a bit more destru ...
thoughts, not other people’s actions, that make you angry. What could be more logical than teaching people how they can use this ...
Feel Better or Do Better? Explosive people just want to feel better as quickly as possible. We want them to feel better. Everyon ...
In Chapter 10 we’ll talk about how to handle suicide threats, but they aren’t the point here. For now, I’ll tell you that the se ...
often don’t have this kind of credibility. Recovering rehab counselors can be sympathetic and still hammer away at the self-dece ...
“Gunnysacking, huh?” The rehab counselor looks directly into Brandon’s eyes. “Know what? I think the problem is really low self- ...
For centuries, mental illness hasn’t been considered a disease at all. Today it is moving out from the shadows to take its place ...
This is a breakthrough. For the first time in his life he understands why he is the way he is. In group, also for the first time ...
needs but our own. To get better, we have to stand up for our- selves, be assertive. But when I try it at home, you just call it ...
Stress causes mental illness, and mental illness is the inability to han- dle stress. Stress makes us uptight, cranky, and drive ...
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