Lethal Lovers and Poisonous People: How to Protect Your Health from Relationships That Make You Sick

by Harriet B Braiker

Overview

Warning! Some relationships may be harmful to your health!

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN A TOXIC RELATIONSHIP?

The symptoms vary from stomach pains to blinding headaches, from chronic backaches to severe colds...

The causes are varied-from a spouse who is withdrawing sexually, to a parent who is overly critical, to a lover who isn't "ready" to commit, to a boss who is abusive...

There are periods of stress in every relationship, but psychological studies reveal that some relationships can reach poisonous levels of toxic emotions-and that our response to these stresses can be harmful to our emotional and physical health.

Are you involved in such a relationship? If so, what can you do about it? Lethal Lovers and Poisonous People shows you!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780595182732
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
Part 1	The Problem
1	Warning: This Relationship May Be Harmful to Your Health	3
2	Psychological Poisons	12
3	What Is Your Relationship Toxicity Level?	20
4	The Seven Deadly Signs of a Toxic Relationship	32
5	Dangerous Dancing	44
6	The Hostile Heart	52
7	Chains of Anger	61
8	Swallowing Toxic Feelings	76
9	Thrills, Chills, and Ills	91
10	On the Horns of Ambivalence	103
11	Learned Helplessness	120
12	The Big Chill	137
13	Fatal Personalities	153
Part 2	The Solution
14	A User's Guide to Part Two	177
15	Antidotes to Psychological Poisons	180
16	How to Detoxify Your Relationship I. Techniques for Diluting Toxic Emotions	188
17	How to Detoxify Your Relationship II. Techniques for Purging Toxic Emotions	201
18	How to Detoxify Your Relationship III. Techniques for Neutralizing Toxic Emotions	215
19	Building Fun and Pleasure into Your Relationship	227
20	What to Do If It Can't Be Fixed	236
21	Creating Hardy Relationships for Life	246
	References	253