Barbara Dowds

Beyond the Frustrated Self (eBook, PDF)

Overcoming Avoidant Patterns and Opening to Life

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book foregrounds the life struggles of an individual, Brenda, in such a way that argument and theoretical exploration arise organically out of experience. The "frustration" of the title is traced to avoidant attachment - pretending not to need others. In Brenda this is associated with a body-energy pattern that is both over-charged and over-contained, generating a self-frustrating process. Such a repressive defence works against her, so that she experiences her life as dry, soulless, and uncreative. A variety of existential difficulties are traced to how such core developmental issues interact with our socio-cultural environment. A way forward is outlined: play and finding meaning are identified as transformational hubs that bring wellbeing into Brenda's life and restore her capacity for experiencing.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429897191
• Artikelnr.: 56839638

Autorenporträt

Barbara Dowds

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Frustration of Aliveness
How attachment styles are mirrored in energy regulation patterns
The roots of boredom and addiction
Attention and the soul: the scientist versus the poet
Impingement and Loss of Self
Boundaries and contact: outer and inner distortions
Time
space
and silence: regaining our capacity to experience
Thrownness and Limitation: Navigating The Social World
Competitiveness as the struggle for recognition and respect
Activism versus integrity: resolving the dilemma?
Beyond Frustration: Towards Integration and Well-Being
Reflecting and creating the self: the uses of narrative
Integration: perspectives from complexity theory and neuroscience
Achieving well-being: play and spiritual practice as transformational hubs