Inward Bound : Exploring the geography of your emotions
/Sam Keen
- New York: Bantam Books, 1980
- 228 p.
Contents
Introduction: no rainbow without blues vii
Part i boredom, blahs, and blues: the geography of night country
1 the boredom epidemic 3 2 a short history of the blues and the noontide demon 16 3 life-styles: runners, fighters, and hiders 36 4 a map for psychonauts 42 5 fatigue: the personal energy crisis 48 6 simple boredom: monotony 59 7 chronic boredom 80 8 the deepening darkness: depression and apathy 102
Part ii the whole-some life
the upward spiral: a preview 115 9 the joyful art of doing nothing 117 10 breakout: beyond guilt and shame 127 11 the renewal of imagination and desire 136 12 feeling alive: unfreezing e-motions 143 13 risk taking 160 14 from sex to intimacy 178 15 the politics of depression and hope 198