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Opening up

James W. Pennebaker

1990249 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1990
first published
  • 1990W. Morrow · 251 pages · ENGISBN 9780688088705
  • 1997Guildford Press · 249 pages · ENGISBN 9781572302389
  • 1991Avon Books (P) · ENGISBN 9780380708499

Psychologist James W. Pennebaker has conducted controlled clinical research that sheds new light on the powerful mind-body connection. This book interweaves his findings with insightful case studies on secret-keeping, confession, and the hidden price of silence. Filled with encouragement, Opening Up explains : how writing about your problems can improve your health, how long-buried trauma affects the immune system, why it's never too late to heal old emotional wounds, when self-disclosure may be risky-and how to know whom to trust.

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