Overcoming Loneliness in
Everyday Life
Jacqueline Olds, M.D., Richard Schwartz,
M.D., and Harriet Webster
$19.95
1559723432
Birch Lane Press - Carol
Publishing Group
Non-Fiction/Health
"American culture is rooted
in a belief in individualism and a distaste for dependency. As a result, many
of us feel disconnected and isolated. Afraid that others will be put off by our
neediness, we are intent on proving that we can make it on our own. In doing
so, we cut ourselves off from others and intensify our loneliness. We are so
ashamed of to admit we feel lonely that we hide away our feelings of emptiness
and masquerade as busy, self-sufficient individuals.
Drawing on their own
experience as psychotherapists and the latest studies in this field, the authors
of Overcoming Loneliness in Everyday Life identify the risks of chronic
loneliness that affects millions of people, describes its causes and effects,
and explain how to overcome the state of aloneness and the despair it can
engender."
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