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Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions
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Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions
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Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety: Understanding and Overcoming Negative Emotions
Author: Peter R. Breggin, MD
Overview
In Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety, pioneering psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin presents the first unified theory of these three powerful emotions. Drawing from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, child development, and decades of clinical practice, he explains how these "negative legacy emotions" once served a survival purpose but have now become destructive forces in modern life. Breggin argues that guilt, shame, and anxiety—originally meant to inhibit violence and maintain group cohesion—are no longer useful in adulthood, instead holding us back from joy, love, and rational living.
Through his practical framework, Three Steps to Emotional Freedom, Breggin guides readers in recognizing, rejecting, and transcending these outdated emotional patterns. The book offers hope for overcoming self-defeating thoughts and embracing a more compassionate, productive, and fulfilling life.
Key Features
- Unified Theory: Explains guilt, shame, and anxiety as evolutionary legacies no longer needed in mature adult life.
- Practical Guidance: Introduces the Three Steps to Emotional Freedom for breaking free from destructive emotions.
- Evidence-Based Approach: Draws from science, psychology, and clinical experience.
- Focus on Love: Encourages replacing harmful patterns with rational, empathetic, and loving choices.
- Transformational Insights: Provides a new way to understand and heal emotional suffering.
Reviews
- "[An] engrossing self-help guide.... Breggin conveys empathy and maintains a clear, conversational tone while spelling out his prescriptions for overriding destructive impulses in a variety of real-world situations.” — Publishers Weekly
- “Guilt, Shame, and Anxiety is brilliant, clear, hopeful, inspiring, and rooted in science. It should be read by every person seeking freedom from painful emotions or trying to help others—no exceptions!” — Robert Nikkel, MSW, former Oregon commissioner of mental health and addiction
- “A thoroughly original discussion of what Peter Breggin calls ‘negative legacy emotions'... If you think that nothing new can be said about the human condition, read this book; it is filled with unique insights and procedures that can transform its readers, their lives, and their relationships.” — Stanley Krippner, PhD, professor of psychology, Saybrook University
- “A new theory on negative emotions lies in these pages... Provocative and even startling at times, it is beautiful, poetic, and inspiring.” — Douglas C. Smith, MD, psychiatrist and clinic director
- “Breggin captures the essence of the human condition by intertwining wisdom, insight, empathy, and brilliance. A must-read....” — Jeanne Stolzer, PhD, professor of child development, University of Nebraska–Kearney
- “From the first page, I felt an emotional response that brought me to tears... a groundbreaking work in wisdom and conceived in love.” — Michael Cornwall, PhD, Jungian/Laingian therapist and Esalen conference leader
About the Author
Peter R. Breggin, MD is a psychiatrist, author, and reformer who has devoted his career to challenging mainstream psychiatry and promoting empathic, human-centered therapy. He has authored over twenty books, including Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to Prozac, and Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal. Known as the “conscience of psychiatry,” his work laid the foundation for modern critiques of psychiatric drugs and diagnoses.
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