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New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2004. Drawing from work in psychology and other behavioral sciences, Leary explores personal and social problems that are created by the human capacity for self-reflection and offers insights regarding how these problems may be minimized.
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Despite its obvious advantages, our ability to be self-reflective comes at a high price. Few people realise how profoundly their lives are affected by self-reflection or how frequently inner chatter interferes with their success, pollutes their relationships with others, and undermines their happiness. By allowing people to ruminate about the past or imagine what might happen in the future, self-reflection conjures up a great deal of personal suffering in the form of depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, and other negative emotions. A great deal of unhappiness, in the form of addictions, overeating, and domestic violence, is due to people's inability to exert control over their thoughts and behaviour. Is it possible to direct our self-reflection in a way that will minimise the disadvantages and maximise the advantages? Is there a way to affect the egotistical self through self-reflection? In this volume, Mark Leary explores the personal and social problems that are created by the capacity for self-reflection, and by drawing upon psychology and other behavioral sciences, offers insights into how these problems can be minimised.
Contents
1. The Self-Aware Animal ; 2. Living in Two Worlds ; 3. Through the Eyes of the Ego ; 4. Making Ourselves Miserable ; 5. When Selves Collide ; 6. Risking Life and Limb ; 7. Religion and Morality ; 8. The Self Out of Control ; 9. Bringing Out the Best in the Self
