I Don't Want to Talk About It
Terrance Real
About this book
A groundbreaking book on male depression, Terrance Real argues that men are conditioned from boyhood to deny vulnerability, and that covert depression — expressed as rage, addiction, and disconnection — is epidemic in men and those around them.
Key themes
- Covert depression in men: expressed as irritability, addiction, and control
- How masculine socialization demands the suppression of vulnerability
- The relationship between narcissism and hidden shame in men
- Relational Life Therapy: a method for healing men's relational wounds
- What it looks like when men recover and choose intimacy over dominance
About the author
Terrance Real is a family therapist, founder of the Relational Life Institute, and creator of Relational Life Therapy. He has specialized in men's issues and couples therapy for more than thirty years.
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