Compassion and Self Hate: An Alternative to Despair [Paperback]

Free yourself from destructive behavior and learn how to break your patterns of self-hate and achieve personal fulfillment with this sympathetic and practical guide from the author ofThe Angry Book.

Many of us know that self-destructive patterns are rooted in self-dislike, but few of us understand how to break them. In this wise and compassionate book, bestselling author and eminent psychiatrist Theodore Rubin shows us realistic ways to break these negative mental and emotional attitudes and build a strong sense of well-being and self-understanding.

Dr. Rubin looks of how self-hate begins, is sustained, and eventually leads to destructive and defeating behavior—from alcoholism and drug dependency to perfectionism and fear of failure (or success). Offering practical and reassuring advice, he shows that the key to freeing yourself from these restricting emotions and habits is to find and examine the self-hate that generates them, and then to release your innate and powerful capacity for compassion.

This warm, sympathetic, and ultimately practical guide to personal growth and fulfillment is timelier and more helpful than ever.Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D.,has served as president of the American Institute of Psychoanalysis and is the author of thirty books, includingThe Angry Book, Lisa and David, Jordi, The Winner's Notebook,andLisa and David Today.His books have been translated all over the world. He lives and practices psychiatry in New York City.Acknowledgements
PART I: AN ALTERNATIVE TO DESPAIR
PART II: SELF-HATE
Self-Hate in Process
How Self-Hate Begins
How Self-Hate Is Sustained
Consciousness and Unconsciousness in Self-Hate
Forms of Self-Hate: Direct
Self-Derision
Self-Derisive Fantasies
Self-Vindictive Criticism
Self-Diminution
Terrorism
Depression
Suicide
Accident Proneness, Psychosomatic Illness and Dangerous Situations
Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco and Food
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