Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions

15 reviews for Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions

1. BH

   Rated 5 out of 5

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   August 10, 2023

   Life Altering

   Amazing results with a little understanding and a simple attitude adjustment about these negative feelings. Thank you Dr. Breggin!

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   NobodysFool

   Rated 4 out of 5

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   February 20, 2023

   Interesting and well written

   In the first chapter alone, I learned so much, I feel like this book has been something I’ve been looking for for a while… Great insight, well written...More

   In the first chapter alone, I learned so much, I feel like this book has been something I’ve been looking for for a while… Great insight, well written, and not so clinical, that you feel like you’re back in school.

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   Michael D. Gardner

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   December 9, 2018

   Very in depth information and history if that is what you are looking for.

   Very in depth information and history if that is what you are looking for.

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   Bufatutu

   Rated 5 out of 5

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   June 6, 2018

   Insightful Book: It Helped!

   I've struggled with and through mental health issues since I was a kid, more than sixty years ago. Read a lot of self-help books when I was younger an...More

   I've struggled with and through mental health issues since I was a kid, more than sixty years ago. Read a lot of self-help books when I was younger and been through years of counseling, therapy, and psychiatrists. I ended up having a very successful life, in some ways, and I'm a much happier person now than I was when I was younger. But depression, anxiety, anger, and loneliness have been lurking and occasionally recurring. So I picked up this book, among others.
   
   This book has helped me re-identify what appears to be the root of my, yes, suffering: Shame. Though I'm still not sure of the exact cause, I see that the shame I've felt at least since I was 5, when it first became conscious, had pushed me into almost debilitating shyness with the attendant loneliness. This book has calmed me down and shown me a way out of the shame. Will the improvement last? I don't know. But the insights I've gleaned from this book definitely enable me to put behind me some of those persistent negative feelings about myself.

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   Jeffrey

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   October 29, 2017

   Brilliant psychiatrist know for giving non pharmecutical solutions for the ...

   Brilliant psychiatrist know for giving non pharmecutical solutions for the over medicated America. I'm using one of his books to withdraw from my med...More

   Brilliant psychiatrist know for giving non pharmecutical solutions for the over medicated America. I'm using one of his books to withdraw from my meds with the guidance of a supportive psychiatist.

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   Shirley E. Hormel

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   April 21, 2016

   Five Stars

   helps understand what the price is we pay when our inner self was saying the right we should do.

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   LW

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   March 14, 2016

   An important book

   If you've struggled with emotion at any point in your life, this book is an important and widely applicable resource for understanding and dealing wit...More

   If you've struggled with emotion at any point in your life, this book is an important and widely applicable resource for understanding and dealing with them. It's a remarkable hands on approach to grabbing your emotions by the horns and making changes in your perception and course of a action.

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   jdd428AZ

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   February 7, 2016

   Highly recommended for understanding emotions and the mechanisms that occur within ...

   Well written professional book by a very qualified author. Highly recommended for understanding emotions and the mechanisms that occur within our mind...More

   Well written professional book by a very qualified author. Highly recommended for understanding emotions and the mechanisms that occur within our minds. The author has his own theory emotional development and how the three themes guilt shame and anxiety form a collaborative mechanism within each of us. Very informative and entertaining at the same time, it is well written and organize for both the professional and the layperson.

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   J. C.

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   February 4, 2016

   Fantastic, loved it!

   In the podcast "The Dr Peter Breggin Hour," the author says that this book is the culmination of his life's work. It really is. The book is amazing an...More

   In the podcast "The Dr Peter Breggin Hour," the author says that this book is the culmination of his life's work. It really is. The book is amazing and very interesting. The author explains how to take back your life, get rid of negative emotions, and follow your principles to find happiness. He explains what objective and subjective helplessness are, how we are helpless as babies but as adults, we must not be. With a good dose of Darwin mixed in, this book will get you thinking. The author has researched Darwin and he brings up some very interesting ideas which Darwin had. It's not at all what you'd expect! These new ideas, which actually were old ideas of Darwin's, are along the lines of evolution, blind chance, and free will. The author explains these ideas very scientifically and clearly, making for a really enjoyable book!

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   Theresa E

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   November 20, 2015

   He is an excellent writer. This book is written in a way ...

   This book is really helping me understand why I have felt so shut down for most of my life. What he says really makes sense to me and fills in holes ...More

   This book is really helping me understand why I have felt so shut down for most of my life. What he says really makes sense to me and fills in holes that I have lived with for a very long time. He helps me believe in myself, my intuition and the true impact of the many experiences that I have had. So, I guess I feel validated!!!. Often medical people talk over my head. He is an excellent writer. This book is written in a way that I totally understand what is being expressed. I recommend it for anyone with PTSD, childhood traumas, and especially if you grew up in a dysfunctional family.

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   william Dobbins

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   April 3, 2015

   HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

   This book explains in an entertaining way why we evolved negative emotions. The author does not believe in prescription drugs and uses cognitive thera...More

   This book explains in an entertaining way why we evolved negative emotions. The author does not believe in prescription drugs and uses cognitive therapy along with other treatments to relieve guilt, shame and anxiety. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

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   Joey54

   Rated 4 out of 5

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   February 27, 2015

   Would recommend this book to any person wanting to have an ...

   Would recommend this book to any person wanting to have an understanding of what forces shape their behaviour. As understanding and awareness give ris...More

   Would recommend this book to any person wanting to have an understanding of what forces shape their behaviour. As understanding and awareness give rise to the facility of change. As I read this book I began to have a clarity I hadn't had in the past and, so far, I have been able to bring that clarity to live a healthier emotional life.

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   Travis Herb

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   February 14, 2015

   An Epitome of Peter Breggin's Career

   This amazing little self-help book is a Titan in a tea-cup. It's author, Mr Breggin is one of my greatest living heroes and will go down in history as...More

   This amazing little self-help book is a Titan in a tea-cup. It's author, Mr Breggin is one of my greatest living heroes and will go down in history as the "Conscience of Psychiatry." In short, Guilt, Shame and Anxiety are arcane, vestigial, utterly useless indulgences in misery. They cannot provoke good behavior and at long last, the evidence proves it! No criminal has ever been redeemed nor relationship saved by these base emotions which we share with all other mammals at the very least.

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   David M. Pittle

   Rated 5 out of 5

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   February 3, 2015

   Well done explanations

   Excellent book. Adds to the awareness of cognitive sources of these scourges. Fits in well with both Empathic Therapy and REBT/CBT.

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   Sharon R

   Rated 5 out of 5

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   January 13, 2015

   but a good read for anyone struggling or family of someone with

   Not all the way through it yet, but a good read for anyone struggling or family of someone with anxiety

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