Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing EmotionsAnyone who has ever entrusted a troubling secret to a journal, or mourned a broken heart with a friend, knows the feeling of relief that expressing painful emotions can bring. This book presents astonishing evidence that personal self-disclosure is not only good for our emotional health, but boosts our physical health as well. Psychologist James W. Pennebaker has conducted controlled clinical research that sheds new light on the powerful mind body connection. This book interweaves his findings with insightful case studies on secret-keeping, confession, and the hidden price of silence. Filled with information and encouragement, Opening Up explains: *Why suppressing inner problems takes a devastating toll on health *How long-buried trauma affects the immune system *How writing about your problems can improve your health *Why it's never too late to heal old emotional wounds *When self-disclosure may be risky--and how to know whom to trust |
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A large percentage of people write about their very deepest thoughts and feelings in diaries or letters but do not disclose the personal sides of themselves to the close friends they see every day . • On airplanes , buses , and trains ...
A large percentage of people write about their very deepest thoughts and feelings in diaries or letters but do not disclose the personal sides of themselves to the close friends they see every day . • On airplanes , buses , and trains ...
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Whereas inhibition is potentially harmful , confronting our deepest thoughts and feelings can have remarkable short- and long - term health benefits . Confession , whether by writing or talking , can neutralize many of the problems of ...
Whereas inhibition is potentially harmful , confronting our deepest thoughts and feelings can have remarkable short- and long - term health benefits . Confession , whether by writing or talking , can neutralize many of the problems of ...
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Although he , too , experimented with hypnosis , Freud learned that he could get comparable results without hypnosis by having his own patients merely talk about their deepest feelings and thoughts while in a relaxed state .
Although he , too , experimented with hypnosis , Freud learned that he could get comparable results without hypnosis by having his own patients merely talk about their deepest feelings and thoughts while in a relaxed state .
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Table des matières
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| 73 | |
Understanding the Value of Writing | 89 |
The Social Price of Disclosure Whom to Tell and How to Listen | 104 |
The Inhibited Personality | 137 |
Inhibited Cities | 153 |
Confession in Context Therapy Religion and Brainwashing | 169 |
Beyond Traumas Writing and WellBeing | 185 |
Notes | 199 |
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Author Index | 239 |
Subject Index | 242 |
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| Titre | Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions |
| Auteur | James W. Pennebaker |
| Édition | réimprimée, révisée |
| Éditeur | Guilford Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1572302380, 9781572302389 |
| Longueur | 249 pages |
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