The Thin You Within You

by Abraham J. Twerski, M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780312144333
• ISBN10: 0312144334
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-11-15
• Publisher: Macmillan Trade

Summary

With an upbeat style and humorous cartoons, a well-known self-help author helps readers understand that it is not a lack of willpower that makes diets fail, but rather an absence of self-esteem.

Author Biography

Abraham J. Twerski, M.D., is a medical director of the Gateway Rehabilitation Center in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Understanding Overeating	p. 1
Why Do We Let People Insult Our Intelligence?	p. 3
Just What Is an Eating Problem?	p. 7
Why Willpower Doesn't Work	p. 13
Compulsive Eating: A Self-Esteem Deficiency Problem	p. 23
The Role of the Self-Image	p. 30
Why Do We Have a Fantasy Self?	p. 41
The Problems of Overeating	p. 51
Anger	p. 53
Self-Depreciation	p. 68
Relationships	p. 73
A Not-Too-Helpful Helper	p. 81
Is It Really Someone Else's Fault?	p. 89
Acting as If	p. 92
Perfectionism and Moralism	p. 100
People Pleasing	p. 105
Denial	p. 108
Chemical Dependency	p. 114
Bulimia	p. 117
Depression	p. 124
Getting Over Overeating	p. 131
Eliminating the Negative Chain Reaction	p. 133
Coping with Stress	p. 138
Bringing in the Good Self	p. 144
The Therapeutic Group	p. 151
Self-Help Groups	p. 156
Can I Do It Myself?	p. 162
Some Practical Suggestions	p. 167
The Fullness of Our Humanity	p. 172
Appendix	p. 177
Bibliography	p. 185
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