Addicted to Unhappiness (Second Edition): How Hidden Motives for Unhappiness Keep You From Creating the Life You Truly Want, And What You Can Do

Unrecognized needs for unhappiness are created when parenting styles based on discipline, permissiveness, neglect and/or excessive expectations condition children to equate unhappiness with love. These learned needs for unhappiness persist into adulthood and lead to maladaptive behaviors including eating disorders, compulsive gambling, disastrous romantic choices, substance abuse, problems at work, work-life balance issues, and more. Addicted to Unhappiness supplies readers with powerful tools, including self-assessments, checklists, diaries, and exercises, to overcome their needs for unhappiness.Readers will also learn how to navigate inevitable moments of backsliding without becoming discouraged.This book is an invaluable guide for all those wishing to improve the quality of their lives.

• | Author: Martha Heineman Pieper, William J. Pieper
• | Publisher: Smart Love Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 01, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1733089705
• | ISBN-13: 9781733089708