Stop overreacting : effective strategies for calming your emotions

Summary: Knee-jerk reactions can have lasting and unintended consequences, affecting our friendships, careers, families, and romantic relationships. You may see overreacting as an unchangeable part of your personality, but in reality this tendency, like any other, can be unlearned.

Record details

ISBN: 1572247231
ISBN: 9781572247239
Physical Description: viii, 188 p. ; 23 cm.
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Publisher: Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, c2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	The mechanics. Understanding overreactions ; Processing emotions ; Interpreting events ; Family values and expectations ; Splitting, denial, and flooding -- The triggers. Envy ; Rejection ; Criticism ; Control -- The context. Challenges at work ; Challenges at home -- New strategies. Getting centered ; Subduing known triggers.