Why You Feel the Way You Do
Understand and Heal the Source of Stressful Emotions
PAYBACK Punkte
10 °P sammeln!
"Emotions have been affecting people since the beginning of time, as well as our never-ending need to understand them. As a result, the mental health profession has focused on behavior and developing theories based only on observation. It's like trying to understand a car by watching someone drive it. The question of what propels it will remain a mystery. WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO is different in that it approaches emotions using the insights that have emerged from the relatively new field of neuroscience. Over the past few decades, neuroscience has identified the seven core emotional system...
"Emotions have been affecting people since the beginning of time, as well as our never-ending need to understand them. As a result, the mental health profession has focused on behavior and developing theories based only on observation. It's like trying to understand a car by watching someone drive it. The question of what propels it will remain a mystery. WHY YOU FEEL THE WAY YOU DO is different in that it approaches emotions using the insights that have emerged from the relatively new field of neuroscience. Over the past few decades, neuroscience has identified the seven core emotional systems in the brain that generate emotions. It has also begun to unravel how this primitive part of the brain interacts with the highly developed rational part of the brain. This approach is like looking under the hood and taking the engine apart in order to understand what propels a car. This timely and informative book starts by explaining what neuroscience has discovered about emotions. It then uses this information to show how common problems with emotions emerge along with ways to heal them. Of particular help is the concept called 'core beliefs' that helps the reader identify fundamental patterns. Of special interest, this book looks at the destructive emotions of guilt and shame along with ways to manage them, and how social media and electronic devices can affect emotional development. One of author Reneau Peurifoy's special talents is his ability to reduce complex ideas into simple terms and explain how to apply them to daily life. In addition, his warmth and comfortable manner generate a strong rapport with readers. He is an author who is recognized internationally for his work with Anxiety Disorders. His books have sold over 300,000 copies and include three that were written for the mass market: Anxiety, Phobias & Panic: Taking Charge and Conquering Fear, Overcoming Anxiety: From Short-Term Fixes to Long-Term Recovery, and Anger: Taming the Beast. In 2016, Why Did God Give Us Emotions"--
