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Running on Empty

Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect

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By: Jonice Webb PhD, Christine Musello PsyD
Narrated by: Karen White
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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 this 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.

©2013 Jonice Webb, PhD (P)2015 Tantor Abuse Emotions Personal Development Personal Success Relationships
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Loved this book. It explains a lot which I have never heard explained before. Great resource for people who want to understand what is “wrong” with them.

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"Running on Empty" war eines der wichtigsten Bücher die ich lesen konnte und hat mir die Augen für so vieles geöffnet.

Ich hatte schon vorher die Vermutung, dass ich in meiner Kindheit emotional vernachlässigt wurde, konnte es aber nie mit Sicherheit sagen oder belegen. Aber jetzt? Jetzt bin ich ziemlich sicher.

Ich muss dabei erwähnen, "emotionale Vernachlässigung" betrifft nicht nur Gefühle im herkömmlichen Sinne ("Mami hat mich in den Arm genommen") sondern auch Sachen wie Selbstständigkeit, Selbstmotivation und wie gut jemand fremde Hilfe annehmen kann. Alles, so die Autorin, lässt sich auf ein emotionales Bedürfnis in unserer Kindheit zurück führen, das unsere Eltern nicht gefüllt haben.

Grob lässt sich das Buch in drei Abschnitte gliedern:
- Was ist emotionale Vernachlässigung? Arten, Anzeichen, Auswirkungen und Selbstdiagnose
- Was kann jemand dagegen tun, auch außerhalb der Therapie.
- Emotionale Vernachlässigung und Kinder - wie man als Eltern vermeidet die selben Fehler zu begehen.

Alle drei Abschnitte lassen sich vorbehaltlos Empfehlen. Die Sprache ist verständlich, es wird kein Fach-Englisch benötigt. Sprecherin ist deutlich zu verstehen.

"Weißt du, dass deine Eltern dich geliebt haben? Oder glaubst du es nur?"

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I never understood myself and my troubles relating to myself and the world better. This book is packed with valuable insights, examples and aha-moments. Thank you for writing it!

Such a gem!

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I wish I came across this book before becoming a parent myself. Very practical and includes lots of real-life stories.

Eye-opening and soul-breaking

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This is one of the best self-help books that I keep recommending to my friends.

This is what I needed to hear in a while

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