Love Me, Don't Leave Me - Michelle Skeen

Love Me, Don't Leave Me

By Michelle Skeen

  • Release Date: 2014-09-01
  • Genre: Family & Relationships
Score: 4
4
From 69 Ratings

Description

Everyone thrives on love, comfort, and the safety of family, friends, and  community. But if you are denied these basic comforts early in life, whether through a lack of physical affection or emotional bonding, you may develop intense fears of abandonment that can last well into adulthood—fears so powerful that they can actually cause you to push people away. If you suffer from fears of abandonment, you may have underlying feelings of anger, shame, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief. These emotions are intense and painful, and when they surface they can lead to a number of negative behaviors, such as jealousy, clinging, and emotional blackmail. In Love Me, Don’t Leave Me, therapist Michelle Skeen combines acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), schema therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to help you identify the root of your fears. In this book you’ll learn how schema coping behaviors—deeply entrenched and automatic behaviors rooted in childhood experiences and fears—can take over and cause you to inadvertently sabotage your relationships. By recognizing these coping behaviors and understanding their cause, you will not only gain powerful insights into your own mind, but also into the minds of those around you. If you are ready to break the self-fulfilling cycle of mistrust, clinginess, and heartbreak and start building lasting, trusting relationships, this book will be your guide.

Reviews

  • Worth every penny

    5
    By Anna123581321
    Such an eye opener. This is the best book for understanding yourself, your fears/behaviors and how they affect your life and relationships. Already made a huge progress with exercises from this book but will definitely reread over time and implement all the techniques.
  • 4.5

    4
    By pmasterglizzy
    Solid 4.5.
  • Game changer.

    5
    By FinsUp4Lyfe
    What an absolute blessing to find such a comprehensive, carefully crafted deep dive into the core belief system and the reactive behaviors that hinder our efforts to build healthy, lasting relationships. A must-read for anyone who struggles with abandonment issues and is seeking a light at the end of the tunnel.
  • Awesome

    5
    By Jackie0131
    Awesome read, really learned a lot about myself and others. Something you definitely want to read twice .