Beyond Fear
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Dorothy Rowe. Beyond Fear
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One The Nature of Fear
Fight or Flight
Unavoidable Conflicts
Fear of Life and Death
Fear of Not Being Good Enough
Chapter Two Understanding the Nature of Fear. Brains and Minds
Our Greatest Fear
A Choice of Defences
Chapter Three Fear Denied
Denying Fear as ‘Character’
Denying Other People’s Pain
Chapter Four Learning How to Deny
The Perils of Childhood
The Perils of Sexuality
Denying Who You Are
Chapter Five How Society Responds to Mental Distress
What Has Stayed the Same?
What Has Changed, and for the Better?
Chapter Six Choosing a Defence
Popular but Confusing Diagnoses
Choosing a Desperate Defence
Chapter Seven A Bodily Solution?
Not Frightened, Just Ill
From Fear to Illness
Punishing the Body to Ease the Mind. Self-harm
Anorexia and Bulimia
Dulling the Brain to Ease the Mind
Nicotine
Alcohol Addiction
Drugs
Chapter Eight Turning Fear into Depression
The Story of Depression
Public Discourse—Muddle and Confusion
Do Pills Cure Depression?
The Way out of the Prison
Chapter Nine Turning Fear into Anxiety, Panic and Phobias
Panic and the Fear of Panic
Relinquishing Panic, Phobias and Fear
Chapter Ten Turning Fear into Mania
The Manic Defence
Finding Yourself
Programme
Chapter Eleven Turning Fear into Obsessions and Compulsions
Doubt, Hate and the Denial of Feeling
Gaining Freedom
Chapter Twelve Turning Fear into Schizophrenia
An Idea Called Schizophrenia
Are Drugs the Answer?
Hearing Voices
The Road to Recovery
Chapter Thirteen Turning Fear into Courage
Notes. Introduction
Chapter One: The Nature of Fear
Chapter Two: Understanding the Nature of Fear
Chapter Three: Fear Denied
Chapter Four: Learning How to Deny
Chapter Five: How Society Responds to Mental Distress
Chapter Six: Choosing a Defence
Chapter Seven: A Bodily Solution?
Chapter Eight: Turning Fear into Depression
Chapter Nine: Turning Fear into Anxiety, Panic and Phobias
Chapter Ten: Turning Fear into Mania
Chapter Eleven: Turning Fear into Obsessions and Compulsions
Chapter Twelve: Turning Fear into Schizophrenia
Chapter Thirteen: Turning Fear into Courage
Books and Websites
Index
Acknowledgements
Copyright
About the Publisher
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DOROTHY ROWE
Beyond Fear
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