Over the Shock and GALing 6

[orangedog]

So many books...I've got a unread stack but I keep going to the bookstore. Sigh...

I read "Games People Play" a long time ago. Oldies but goodies.

Caution! I can see that Thinker engineering brain at work...If A then B... I think it holds true for many men too. Remember all these are just models for understanding. It's tempting to view these and think, "Eureka! Now I'll understand everything from now on!". Remember we're all so much more complex than these models can ever hope to explain completely. Love, listening, patience, understanding, compassion...you can't go wrong.


While you're browsing in the psy section...

"Thoughts without a thinker" by Mark Epstein (an East meets West thing - both my psys are into Zen thus I was recommended this twice). I thought I'd also mention because it has your name in the title.

K. Dabrowski's theory of Positive Disintegration is also a very interesting view on personality development, the normalcy of anxiety, and getting stuck in life. Sadly, his publications are way out of print. About the best you can do is read some summaries on wikipedia and other sites.

Stay strong.