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ElleB87 · February 2012

Hey ladies,

Does anyone know of any good "self help"ish/ inspirational books on how to recognize your emotions? It's a long story but basically H has been doing a lot of soul searching this past year and because he grew up in a very oppressive household he's having some difficult with identifying his emotions and has been getting really emotionally overwhelmed recently. He is on the waiting list for counseling but I would like to get him something that will help him in the mean time. Anyone got any ideas?

LizziebeeUT · February 2012

Do you mind if I ask why "recognizing your emotions" is your focus? That's just a very specific thing to be looking at, and I'm not sure exactly what it means.
Like does he literally not know the difference between happy/sad/angry etc, or is it that he doesn't understand where they are coming from?
does he just not know what to do with his emotions?

I don't have a personal experience with this, but this seems like a book that addresses what you're talking about.

http://www.amazon.com/Emotions-Best-Selling-Understanding-Managing-Self-Awareness/dp/0830732403/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1330362452&sr=8-4

ElleB87 · February 2012

It's that he doesn't understand where his feelings are coming from. He's been getting really overwhelmed since he has started dealing with some childhood trama.

LizziebeeUT · February 2012

I'm really sorry to hear that.
How long will it be before he can get to see a counseler?

I wish I had more help for you, but I don't have a lot of personal experience in this area.
I hope he can work though these problems.

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