Beyond Fear. Dorothy Rowe

      

      DOROTHY ROWE

       Beyond Fear

      20th Anniversary Edition

      

      

      

HARPER PERENNIAL London, New York, Toronto and Sydney

       To my dear friends Helen, Galen, Marc and Naomi

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Introduction

Fear and the Fear of Fear

1 The Nature of Fear

• Fight or Flight

• Unavoidable Conflicts

• Fear of Life and Death

• Fear of Not Being Good Enough

2 Understanding the Nature of Fear

• Brains and Minds

• Our Greatest Fear

• A Choice of Defences

3 Fear Denied

• Denying Fear as ‘Character’

• Denying Other People’s Pain

4 Learning How to Deny

• The Perils of Childhood

• The Perils of Sexuality

• Denying Who You Are

5 How Society Responds to Mental Distress

       • What Has Stayed the Same?

       • What Has Changed, and for the Better?

       The Alternatives

       6 Choosing a Defence

       • Popular but Confusing Diagnoses

       • Choosing a Desperate Defence

       7 A Bodily Solution?

       • Not Frightened, Just Ill

       • From Fear to Illness

       • Punishing the Body to Ease the Mind

       8 Turning Fear into Depression

       • The Story of Depression

       • Public Discourse - Muddle and Confusion

       • Do Pills Cure Depression?

       • The Way Out of the Prison

       9 Turning Fear into Anxiety, Panic and Phobias

       • Panic and the Fear of Panic

       • Relinquishing Panic, Phobias and Fear

       10 Turning Fear into Mania

       • The Manic Defence

       • Finding Yourself

       11 Turning Fear into Obsessions and Compulsions

       • Doubt, Hate and the Denial of Feeling

       • Gaining Freedom

       12 Turning Fear into Schizophrenia

       • An Idea Called Schizophrenia

       • Are Drugs the Answer?

       • Hearing Voices

       • The Road to Recovery

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