Your Inner Child of the Past Author:W. Hugh Missildine This book is an effort to provide, in understandable language, a working knowledge of the root causes of emotional disturbance, and a method of dealing with them. Chapters include: — Recognizing and accepting your inner child of the past. Who is your inner child of the past? -- — Why your feelings are disturbing -- — How the child of the past influ... more »ences adult life --
Our attitudes about childhood mislead us --
When the child of the past takes over --
Are you divided against yourself? --
It take four to make a marriage --
Areas of conflict --
What kind of child were you? Excessive parental attitudes : how they may be influencing you today. Perfectionism : if you must strive to "do better" --
Overcoercion : if you can't stop procrastinating --
Oversubmissiveness : if you are demanding and impulsive --
Overindulgence : if you are bored and can't "stick to it" --
Hypochondriasis : if you worry constantly about your health --
Punitiveness : if you constnatly seek revenge for the past --
Neglect : if you feel you do not and cannot belong --
Rejection : if you are painfully self-isolating --
Sexual stimulation : if you seem to misjudge the role of sex« less