Your inner child of the past

Simon and Schuster

1963

317 p.

Part I: Recognizing and accepting your inner child of the past. Who is your inner child of the past? ; Why your feelings are disturbing ; How the child of the past influences adult life ; Our attitudes about childhood mislead us ; When the child of the past takes over ; Are you divided against yourself? ; It takes four to make a marriage ; Areas of conflict ; What kind of a child were you? Part II: Excessive parental attitudes how they may be influencing you today. Perfectionism if you must strive to "do better" ; Overcoercion if you can't stop procrastinating ; Oversubmissiveness if you are demanding and impulsive ; Overindulgence if you are bored and can't "stick to it" ; Hypochondriasis if you worry constantly about your health ; Punitiveness if you constantly seek revenge for the past ; Neglect if you feel you do not, and cannot, "belong" ; Rejection if you are painfully self-isolating ; Sexual stimulation if you seem to misjudge the role of sex Part III: Changing yourself and your life. Becoming a new kind of parent to yourself

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