Love Disorder

David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his generation, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace’s tormented, anguished, and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest.

You are not defined by your past. You have the power to rewrite your narrative, create healthy connections, and embrace your worthiness. Healing Anxious Attachment for Black Women is your guide to doing just that—one small, intentional step at a time.

More than 60 million people have been in a pathological love relationship with someone who has an impaired conscience. Using the stories of survivors and social psychological research on compliance, cognitive dissonance, and thought control, Why Can't I Just Leave? explains how relationships with pathological partners can create impossible dilemmas that trap you in a distorted dream state and hijack your thoughts and emotions. Learn what those who are conscience-impaired don't want you to know and find out how to wake up and walk out of your partner's invisible prison forever.

If you’ve ever panicked when someone pulled away, replayed texts until you couldn’t breathe, or felt “too much” in relationships, you’re not broken. You’re anxious-attached, and your body has been trying to protect you. In this compassionate and research-backed guide, trauma-informed educator Elise Hart explains why your relationships trigger such intense emotions and how to retrain your nervous system to feel secure from the inside out.

Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about the future with her. She falls in love. She also becomes increasingly beset by anxiety at the lavish three-act plays he offers her in the form of excuses for frequent cancellations and no-shows. She begins to wonder, who is this man?

In No More Narcissists!, psychologist Candace Love provides a road map for women to finally get the love they deserve. Using skills based in cognitive behavioral and schema therapy, you'll gain an understanding of why you're attracted to narcissistic men, how you can avoid being drawn in by a narcissist's initial charm and magnetism, and how to heal so you can finally move on to healthy relationships.

"Glorious...one of the best memoirs I've read in years...a tragicomic gem about family, class, race, justice, and the spectacular weirdness of Wichita. [McDermott] can move from barely controlled hilarity to the brink of rage to aching tenderness in a single breath." -- Marya Hornbacher, New...

Author Dr. Patrick Carnes begins by defining sexual anorexia and demonstrating how it and its parallel disorder, sexual addiction and compulsivity, often arise from a background of childhood sexual trauma, neglect, and other forms of abuse. Carnes explores the numerous dimensions of sexual health, examining key issues which must be addressed and resolved for recovery to proceed.

#1 New York Times bestselling author of Women Food and God “A life-changing book.”—Oprah In this moving and intimate book, Geneen Roth, bestselling author of Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, shows how dieting and emotional eating often become a...

Comment guérir d'un traumatisme sans se sentir dépassé, même si vous avez lutté pendant des années et que la thérapie traditionnelle a échoué. Voici un aperçu de ce que vous découvrirez dans "Le travail de l'ombre pour les traumatismes": La plus grande erreur que les gens font dans le travail de l'ombre et qui les empêche de parvenir à une véritable guérison.

THE definitive practical and emotional survival guide to narcissistic separations and divorce, from medical doctor and Amazon bestselling author, Supriya McKenna. In the first book of her 'Narcissists in Divorce' series, Dr Supriya, one of the most well known names in the area of narcissistic relationships, offers up her years of experience working in this field.

John Bradshaw is arguably the most accomplished and well-known leader alive today in the addictions field. He taught us about functional and dysfunctional families, showed us how shame could become toxic and poisonous to our core selves, and helped us understand and heal the wounded, vulnerable "inner child" conceived by, and thriving in, that environment. In Post-Romantic Stress Disorder (PRSD), Bradshaw gives readers a clear explanation of the difference between falling in love, lust, and true love.

Millions of otherwise rational and mature men and women are driven to self-defeating, out-of-control behavior by intense, unfulfilled desire. Millions of others—targets of their obsession—find their lives turned upside down by unwanted attention, harassment, and worse. In Obsessive Love, acclaimed therapist Dr. Susan Forward offers crucial help to both obsessors and their targets. Using vivid case histories— drawn largely from her several decades of practice—Dr. Forward outlines the stages of obsessive love—from romance to rejection, from pursuit to revenge.

If you are in the midst of depression, you may worry that you aren't good enough for your partner, or become irritable around them. You may even push them away when you feel like your emotions are beyond your control. In addition, your sense of intimacy may diminish, and your sex life may fizzle as a result of fatigue, medications and feeling disconnected from your partner. The hard truth is that feelings of isolation, worthlessness, and tiredness can all take a hefty toll on your love life. But you don't have to let depression be the demise of your relationship.

This book is designed to be easy-to-follow to understand bipolar disorder and to thrive. We can face many issues that can cause triggers. We will learn how to set boundaries to stay stable. Lastly, we will tie in love and relationships and pregnancy and childbirth with bipolar disorder....

Bipolar disorder is a condition that affects peoples' relationships with others as much as it affects their own mental state. When one person in a couple is experiencing the extreme highs and lows of a disorder like this one, it's impossible for their partner not to feel the strain, too. Dr. Bloch, Dr. Golden, and Nancy Rosenfeld explain what's normal, what's not, what might change, and what definitely won't. By understanding the reality of bipolar and what it means for a relationship, couples will relate to each other better today and plan for a successful future together tomorrow.

Introducing a 10-hour blueprint to recovering from narcissistic abuse from your mother and avoiding toxic relationships and people as an empath moving forward. It's time for you to realize you are a beautiful person and a beautiful soul. It's time for you to break generational trauma and blossom into the incredible woman you are meant to be. You deserve to be happy. You deserve happy relationships, and to be confident, you can be an amazing partner, spouse, mother, sister, and friend.

Factitious Love is a powerful, survivor-centered guide to understanding, recognizing, and healing from one of the most insidious forms of child abuse—Munchausen by Proxy, also known as Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another. Written by Tammy Eady Walker, grandmother and author of I Have to Call Someone Mama: A Grandmother's Story of Two Siblings Rescued From Munchausen by Proxy Abuse, this book combines years of lived experience, survivor testimony, and therapeutic insight to shine a light on a form of abuse that thrives in silence.

From Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Light comes an empowering, incisive new book examining the crippling beauty standards women are subjected to – and how we can learn to fight back. Too thin or not thin enough? ‘Had too much work done’, or ‘Brave for your age’? Frivolously vain...

This book is full of tips, techniques, and stories that will give you an inside look at what it means to have Asperger's. You will come away inspired and with a new understanding of how to communicate more effectively with those you love! Understanding Asperger's is the key to a happier and healthier relationship between you and your loved one. If you're concerned about someone you care about, or possibly even yourself, you owe it yourself to listen to this book!