Emotions: Can You Trust Them? : The Best-Selling Guide to Understanding and Managing Your Feelings of Anger, Guilt, Self-Awareness and Love

Very helpful.

The main messages in this book are valid and helpful. There are several scientific studies - and many other books on the subject - that support the points made here. The author links the messages back to Christian values, beliefs, passages in the Bible, etc.. This is a different take to other popular books on the subject - which I didn't mind (though it took me by surprise as there isn't anything in the book's blurb to indicate this) but which may be off-putting for some other readers.

This book is divided into three main parts: guilt, romantic love and anger. The author distinguishes true guilt from false guilt, and gives advice which is is realistic and practical. The section on romantic love would be helpful to anyone starting a new relationship. He believes in Christian principles which may seem outdated to modern young people, but the points he makes are nonetheless relevant. The third section, on anger, looks at when anger is appropriate, and how we can act on it without harm. There are Bible quotations to back up the author’s points, and an encouragement to take steps towards conquering a bad temper. Then there's a final section about determining God’s will. Dobson warns against blindly trusting in intuition, which should always be tested by Scriptural principles, by reason and also by what we might call ‘providence’. On the whole, I thought the book was fairly wise, if a bit wordy here and there. It was rather spoiled by the various discussion questions which were at the end of each chapter. I don’t know that modern readers would find this particularly useful as there are many books on similar topics, but it's now available in Kindle form.

In a culture that promotes feelings over everything else, it is important to remember that although God created our emotions to help us experience life, we were never meant to be controlled by them. Good book to help you though regaining control of your emotions.

It's a awesome book and it is helping my anxiety and depression

Timeless reading on human emotions. I enjoyed reading this easy yet compelling book. Only took a few hours to read.

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Excellent resource for adolescents, emerging adults, and adult children of alcoholics or any other addictive family systems.