The Angry Book [Paperback]

Theodore I. Rubin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 1998

Don't get even -- get mad, and get over it!

When your love life is boring, maybe you don't fight enough? When sex leaves a person cold, is frozen anger the problem? If you work too much, eat too much, drink too much, is it because you are afraid to get mad? Did you ever think of your anger as something constructive?

When you lose your temper honestly, it can be good for you. In this perennially bestselling book, eminent psychiatrist and bestselling author Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin shows how one of the most powerful human emotions can change your life. Suppressed or twisted anger can lead to anxiety, depression, insomnia, psychosomatic illness, alcoholism, frigidity, impotence, and downright misery. But understanding and releasing anger can lead to greater health, happiness, and emotional wholeness.

Let Dr. Rubin show you how to be what you are: a human being.

Editorial Reviews

Review

San Francisco Examiner An illuminating, revelatory document.

S. Dave Babbitt Speaking of Books If his observations are correct, the screamers among us are doing all right. But watch out for those cold and quiet cats.

About the Author

Theodore Isaac Rubin, M.D., has served as president of the American Institute of Psychoanalysis and is the author of thirty books, including Compassion and Self-Hate, Lisa and David, Jordi, The Winner's Notebook, and Lisa and David Today. His books have been translated all over the world. He lives and practices psychiatry in New York City.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Touchstone; 1st Touchstone Ed edition (April 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684842017
• ISBN-13: 978-0684842011
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,585 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Angry Book, December 29, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Angry Book (Paperback)

When I was dealing with "inappropriate" anger (over-reacting to a situation)I read this book to help me. This author spoke about deep seated anger that was never resolved; in my case from childhood abuse. He said that this unspoken anger can "accumulate" so that when you might get angry for some small thing - all this "old" anger comes out in an over-reaction. Learning about this made me want to finally deal with the old anger in order to live a more normal life. I felt that this book was instrumental in my life by showing me that I had choices about my anger. I have become a much nicer person.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Allow your anger to be released at the right time, February 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Angry Book (Paperback)

The author gives a very good and detailed account of what happens when you suppress your anger. It is like when you squeeze a baloon in one place: it just bulges out somewhere else. This is the anger suppression syndrome. You will have to release your anger, and if you don't do it towards the situations or people that causes it, then you end up releasing the anger towards innocent family or friends(or against yourself)

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent look at anger, February 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Angry Book (Paperback)

Dr. Rubin's brilliant book on anger releases the reader from all of the negative messages about anger that we have been brought up with in just about every culture. He shows that anger is a natural human emotion and to reject it is as silly and destrutive as rejecting any other basic part of our humanity. He also demonstrates that most problems we connect with anger (violence, hatred and rage) are really the result of trying to deny and repress our anger. Definately one of the best self-help books of all time.