Love Me, Don't Leave Me : Overcoming Fear of Abandonment and Building Lasting, Loving Relationships
- Author
- Skeen, Michelle
- Published
- Oakland : New Harbinger Publications, 2014.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (194 pages)
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- Contents
- Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1; Don't Leave Me!; Understanding Your Fear of Abandonment; Chapter 2; What Do I Believe?; Assessing Your Core Beliefs; Chapter 3; What's Getting in My Way?; Mind and Relationship Traps; Chapter 4; How Do I Move Forward?; Staying Present with Mindfulness; Chapter 5; What Do I Value?; Motivation for Change; Chapter 6; What Was I Thinking?; Understanding Your Thoughts; Chapter 7; Why Do I Feel This Way?; Managing Your Emotions; Chapter 8; What Am I Doing?; Changing Your Behavior; Chapter 9; What Do I Say?; New Communication Skills; Chapter 10. and I'm Dating! Now What?Quick Tips and Strategies for New Relationships; References.
- Summary
- Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood-fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781608829538 (electronic bk.)
1608829537 (electronic bk.)
9781608829545 (electronic bk.)
1608829545 (electronic bk.)
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