Opening up

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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.

subjects: Health aspects,  Health aspects of Inhibition,  Health aspects of Self-disclosure,  Inhibition,  Mind and body,  Prevention,  Self-disclosure,  Stress (Psychology),  Therapeutic use,  Written communication,  Writing,  Popular works,  Healing,  Interpersonal communication,  Self-help techniques,  Inhibition (Psychology),  Self Disclosure,  Psychological Stress,  Prevention & control,  Mental Healing,  Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical,  Psychological Inhibition