Sam Keen

Inward Bound

Exploring the Geography of Your Emotions

New York 1992

Stron 228, format: 13x21,5 cm

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"WHERE WE STUMBLE AND FALL THERE WE FIND THE GOLD. BENEATH THE FAULT LIES THE VIRTUE. AUTHENTIC HAPPINESS IS ONLY POSSIBLE WHEN WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO EXPERIENCE THE FULL RANGE OF HUMAN EMOTIONS, INCLUDING BOREDOM, FEAR, GRIEF ANGER, AND DESPAIR."
In this fascinating and inspiring book, Sam Keen, bestselling author of Fire in the Belly, guides us on an enlightening journey across the emotional landscape of our own inner psyches. Using self-tests and practical advice, Inward Bound teaches us to master the art of emotional literacy—how-to understand what our minds and bodies are really telling us through the ups and downs of our emotions.
Paying special attention to "negative" emotions such as fatigue, depression, grief, and especially boredom—the undiagnosed disease from which most "normal" people suffer—Keen shows us how the low periods in our lives can actually be the impetus for the most profound and lasting change. While most people deny emotional lows in the hopes that they will go away; eat, drink, or tranquilize themselves; take mood elevators; or otherwise fill their time with empty activities, Keen instead teaches us how to re-vision negative emotions as positive way stations on the path to self-discovery.
In Inward Bound, Keen shows us how to recover the full spectrum of our feelings and points the reader on a journey to greater health, intimacy, vitality, and a renewed joy in life.

CONTENTS




Introduction: No Rainbow Without Blues    vii

Part I Boredom, Blahs, and Blues: The Geography of Night Country
The Boredom Epidemic    3
A Short History of the Blues and the Noontide Demon    16
Life-styles: Runners, Fighters, and Hiders    36
A Map for Psychonauts    42
Fatigue: The Personal Energy Crisis    48
Simple Boredom: Monotony    59
Chronic Boredom    80
The Deepening Darkness: Depression and Apathy 102

Part II   The Whole-some Life

The Upward Spiral: A Preview    115
The Joyful Art of Doing Nothing    117

Breakout: Beyond Guilt and Shame    127
The Renewal of Imagination and Desire    136
Feeling Alive: Unfreezing E-motions    143
Risk Taking    160
From Sex to Intimacy    178
The Politics of Depression and Hope    198
Notes    220
Index    223