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Informationen zum Autor Albert J. Bernstein, Ph.D., (Portland, OR) is a clinical psychologist, business consultant, and the author of Dinosaur Brains, Neanderthals at Work, and Sacred Bull. His books have been translated into twenty languages. Klappentext Protect yourself from people who take undue advantage and suck the energy out of your life Emotional Vampires will help you cope effectively with the people in your life that confound you, confuse you, and seem to sap every ounce of your energy. Bestselling author Dr. Al Bernstein shows you how to recognize each vampire type--antisocial, histrionic, narcissists, obsessive-compulsives, paranoids--and deal with them effectively. He uses many examples from the latest news headlines, which will help you distinguish between the types and deepen your understanding of each one. In response to the daily calls and emails he got about the previous edition of this book, Dr. Al Bernstein has added his advice for dealing with those emotional vampires who come in the shape of spouses and lovers, relatives, and children. Dr. Bernstein shows you how to deal with each vampire type and what you need to do to keep from getting drained. Zusammenfassung Protect yourself from people who take undue advantage and suck the energy out of your lifeEmotional Vampires will help you cope effectively with the people in your life that confound you! confuse you! and seem to sap every ounce of your energy. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Children of the Night Are They Really Vampires? Antisocial Vampires Histrionic Vampires Narcissistic Vampires Obsessive-Compulsive Vampires Paranoid Vampires 2. Maturity and Mental Health What Causes People to Become Emotional Vampires? Immaturity Versus Evil The Everybody and Nobody Rule What If You See Yourself? 3. The Way of Vampires Vampires Are Different Vampires Prey on Humans Vampires Can't See Themselves in a Mirror Vampires Are More Powerful in the Dark Protecting Yourself from Vampires 4. Lovable Rogues The Ferrari-Toyota Dilemma How to Recognize an Antisocial Vampire The Antisocial Emotional Vampire Checklist: Listening to the Call of the Wild What the Questions Measure 5. Vampire Daredevils The Physiology of Excitement Daredevil Hypnosis Female Daredevils How Vampires Keep You Coming Back for More 10 Ways to Protect Yourself from Daredevils 6. Daredevils in Your Life The Action Hero The Liar The Unfaithful Lover Daredevil Ex-Husband Daredevil Dads Daredevil Adult Children 7. Antisocial Used Car Salesmen Used Car Hypnosis Is Honesty Really the Best Policy? 8. Vampire Bullies The Instinct for Aggression Vampire Bully Hypnosis What to Do About Bullies How to Do the Unexpected 9. Antisocial Used Car Salesmen and Bullies in Your Life Living with a Liar Bullies in Your Life Living in a Minefield 10. Therapy for Antisocial Vampires The Goal Anger Control Treatment Treatment for Addiction Self-Help What Will Hurt 11. Show Business, Vampire Style What It's Like to Be Histrionic The Histrionic Dilemma What the Questions Measure The Histrionic Vampire Checklist: Living a Soap Opera How to Protect Yourself from Histrionic Vampires 12. Vampires Who Ham It Up Ham-It-Up Hypnosis Writing a Safe Role for Yourself Illness as Theater Celebrities, Fans, and Wannabes Nine Ways to Protect Yourself from Histrionic Hams 13. Passive-Aggressive Vampires Giving Until It Hurts Illness as Communication Passive-Aggressive Hypnosis The High-Self-Esteem Syndrome Nine Ways to Protect Yourself from Passive-Aggressive Histrionics 14. Histrionics in Your Life Histrionic Martial Arts My Mother, the Drama Queen The Queen of Gossip...
