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Available
Call number
Collections
Publication
Morgan James Publishing (2012), Edition: 9.1.2012, 250 pages
Description
Psychology. Nonfiction. Do you sometimes feel as if you're just going through the motions in life? Are you good at looking and acting as if you're fine, but secretly feel lonely and disconnected? If so, you are not alone. The world is full of people who have an innate sense that something is wrong with them. Who feel they live on the outside looking in, but have no explanation for their feeling and no way to put it into words. If you are one of these people, you may fear that you are not connected enough to your spouse, or that you don't feel pleasure or love as profoundly as others do. You may drink too much, or eat too much, or risk too much, in an attempt to feel something good. Running on Empty will give you clear strategies for how to heal, and offers a special chapter for mental health professionals. In the world of human suffering, this book is an Emotional Smart Bomb meant to eradicate the effects of an invisible enemy.… (more)
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LibraryThing member Terrell_Solano
I got my copy from a Goodreads giveaway in return for an honest review.
This book is very informative, clearly written and does not leave you with that 'preaching' feeling that many other books do. I enjoyed the conversation the author laid out in this book.
This book is very informative, clearly written and does not leave you with that 'preaching' feeling that many other books do. I enjoyed the conversation the author laid out in this book.
LibraryThing member garbygal
An interesting book for someone who has read a host of self-help books, it delivers on what it advertises. It plainly, and in a non-judgmental way works through the reasons that the reader might be struggling, even if they feel their parent was the best parent ever. It offers solutions and
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explanations that help the reader understand where their underlying pain is coming from and how to help address it. The book gives a, "yep that's me" feeling of support and real life examples to relate to for the readers who may have a history of emotional neglect. Additionally, it opens the reader's eyes to understand their behaviors when interacting with their children, brining an awareness to trying our best to make sure children are fulfilled emotionally too. It is worth the time to read if not only to help yourself or your children, but also to better understand where other people might be coming from. Show Less
LibraryThing member thewestwing
Got some definite insights into my life
LibraryThing member scottjpearson
Much attention of psychologists around neglect focuses on physical neglect. Likewise, in academic literature, the word “neglect” is used in tandem to form the phrase “emotional abuse and neglect.” However, as noted by the author, emotional neglect by itself is not directly discussed much
As a biomedical researcher, I’m not sure a self-help book is the appropriate place to debut this condition. The academic literature or an academic conference seems a better place to describe it. Bringing it straight to the reading public unnecessarily risks doing some degree of harm. The phrase “first, do no harm” rings through my head. Self-help books require subjective identification with symptoms and do not provide the academic rigor needed to explore and define a new condition. Subjective identification only works when based on evidence. There is none here (yet).
That said, Webb’s description seems fairly true to my life story. Everyone outside of my home talked about emotions, but my parents did not. If anything, they argued about emotional intelligence. Indeed, they fit into several categories described in this book. As I grew into an adult, I had to take many steps for my personal emotional health described in this book. Webb’s constellation of symptoms provides a degree of peace of mind in that I know other people have experienced similar events. I also encountered numerous people who had a “mysterious maladaptive condition” growing up that wasn’t well understood. Perhaps Webb might be able to shine some beneficial light on their life experiences, too.
I’m not sure I can recommend this book because it lacks a rigorous, scientifically validated definition. It’s certainly nice to identify with people of similar backgrounds, but this suggestion really needs to be tested through peer-reviewed academic literature before it’s disseminated. I do wish Webb the best and hope that she will persevere through rigorous scrutiny to discover whether this hypothesis can indeed be verified. In the eight years since this book was published, perhaps she has made some progress in research.
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(at all?) in the academic literature. Perhaps this occurs because of it is a diagnosis of omission – that is, it’s something that doesn’t happen with significant results. In this self-help book, Jonice Webb describes this condition to provide a potential lifeline to sufferers to make sense of their life and emotions.As a biomedical researcher, I’m not sure a self-help book is the appropriate place to debut this condition. The academic literature or an academic conference seems a better place to describe it. Bringing it straight to the reading public unnecessarily risks doing some degree of harm. The phrase “first, do no harm” rings through my head. Self-help books require subjective identification with symptoms and do not provide the academic rigor needed to explore and define a new condition. Subjective identification only works when based on evidence. There is none here (yet).
That said, Webb’s description seems fairly true to my life story. Everyone outside of my home talked about emotions, but my parents did not. If anything, they argued about emotional intelligence. Indeed, they fit into several categories described in this book. As I grew into an adult, I had to take many steps for my personal emotional health described in this book. Webb’s constellation of symptoms provides a degree of peace of mind in that I know other people have experienced similar events. I also encountered numerous people who had a “mysterious maladaptive condition” growing up that wasn’t well understood. Perhaps Webb might be able to shine some beneficial light on their life experiences, too.
I’m not sure I can recommend this book because it lacks a rigorous, scientifically validated definition. It’s certainly nice to identify with people of similar backgrounds, but this suggestion really needs to be tested through peer-reviewed academic literature before it’s disseminated. I do wish Webb the best and hope that she will persevere through rigorous scrutiny to discover whether this hypothesis can indeed be verified. In the eight years since this book was published, perhaps she has made some progress in research.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
9.02 inches
ISBN
161448242X / 9781614482420