Anger Antidotes by Brennan, Ian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Part One: Universal Structures

1. Fear: The Nuclear Emotion 2. Behavioral Conagion 3. Asymmetrical Revenge 4. Moral Calculus 5. Emotional Immaturity 6. Economics of Energy 7. Proactivity: The Invisible Labor 8. Psychological Priming: Not-So-Great Expectations 9. Involuntary Relationships 10. Other-Centeredness: Readching Beyond the Self 11. Motivations

Part Two: Recurring Causes

12. The Absence of Thought 13. Emotional Intoxication and Incontinence 14. Primal Communication 15. Perfectionism is Imperfect: The Drive to Dichotomize 16. Excess of Rules 17. Antiquated Relational Concepts 18. Extremes Are Extremely Important 19. Unbounded Boundaries 20. Cultural Inertia 21. The Violence of Comparisons 22. Selective Compassion: The Disturbingly-Similar Other 23. Isolation and Habitual Ambivalence 24. Relationship Quicksand 25. The Three Primary Psychological Defense Mechanisms: Denial, Projection, and Reaction Formation

Part Three: Diplomatic Communication and Potential Solutions

26. Conversation Management 27. Curiosity (Did Not Kill the Cat) 28. Verbal excretion: The safety valve 29. Three Miscommunication Hurdles 30. Reaction Bait: The Two Verbal 31. The Two Main Sending Errors 32. The Two Default Anchoring Words: Starting from a More Solid Foundation 33. The Two Argument Traps 34. Defense-Softening Mechanisms 35. Thought Inoculation 36. Hyphenated-Identities 37. Pattern Interruption 38. Mutual transformation 39. The Importance of Accuracy 40. Limit-setting as education 41. Restorative Remedies

Afterword Appendix Index About the Author