Twenty years of experience treating men and their families has convinced Real that there are two forms of depression: "overt" and "covert." Feeling the stigma of depression's "unmanliness," many men hide
their condition not only from family and friends but even from
themselves. Attempts to escape depression fuel many of the problems we think of as typically male—difficulty with intimacy, workaholism,
alcoholism, abusive behavior, and rage. By directing their pain outward, depressed men hurt the people they love, and, most tragically, pass their condition on to their children.
A master storyteller, Real mixes penetrating analysis with poignant, compelling tales of the men and women whom he treats. He writes with passion and searing clarity about his own experiences with depression, as the son of a depressed, violent father, and the father of two young sons.
Peggy Papp of the Ackerman Family Institute calls this book "a pathway out of the darkness." Real teaches us how men can unearth their pain, heal themselves, restore relationships, and break the legacy of abuse. I Don't Want to Talk About It
offers great wisdom, hope, and practical guidance to men and their families. This is one of the most important and straightforward books ever written about men.
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- ISBN: 9781452624952
- File size: 359236 KB
- Duration: 12:28:24
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- English
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