Decoding the Secret Language of Your Body - Softcover

Rush, Martin

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9780671872380: Decoding the Secret Language of Your Body
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0671872389 ISBN 13: 9780671872380
Publisher: Fireside, 1994

Synopsis

The quintessential example of the mind-body connection, Decoding The Secret Language of Your Body makes everyone aware of even the most subtle interaction between feelings and body responses.

Itchy palms...cold feet...a pain in the neck. Not a day goes by that our bodies don't "speak" to us through tickles and tingles, belches and bellyaches -- and psychiatrist Martin Rush takes us on an entertaining, enlightening exploration as he teaches us how to decode these secret signs and signals.

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About the Author

Martin Rush is the author of Decoding the Secret Language of Your Body, a Simon & Schuster book.

Reviews

The idea that emotions and health are interconnected is not new: for centuries, we've believed mind can influence body and emotions can dramatically affect health. But after 31 years as a psychiatrist, Rush, a former family physician, is convinced that signals from the body can provide valuable insight into our emotions. This book is based on his observation of more than 9000 group meetings and more than 40,000 individual psychotherapy sessions. The author freely admits that his conclusions remain to be substantiated or disproved by scientific methods. Nevertheless, he believes an emotional event corresponds to every illness, from stomach pains and headaches to cancer. "Each time we become ill, it is likely that it was 'caused' by some unhappiness or stress in our life," he explains. "It made us feel bad, we couldn't handle it and our body expressed this through discomfort, pain or illness." The book translates the body's symptoms as either whispers (e.g., goose bumps), cries (e.g., nausea) or screams (e.g., asthma); Rush presents carpal tunnel syndrome as a severe manifestation of the fear of reaching for what one wants. The problem inherent in his view of the mind-body connection is that it seems to suggest that people are responsible for getting, as well as curing, their own diseases.
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Publisher
Fireside
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0671872389
ISBN 13 
9780671872380
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
208
Rating
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