The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

by Harriet Lerner

Remarkably, he claimed never to have experienced the whole range of unpleasant emotions, including anxiety, fear, sadness, depression, or simple old worry. Not surprisingly, he was at a total loss to recognize or respond to the emotional life of others. My