{"product_id":"explaining-unhappiness-dissolving-the-paradox-9781450254397","title":"Explaining Unhappiness: Dissolving the Paradox","description":"Serious books inevitably start with an instigating question, and the question that \u003ci\u003eExplaining Unhappiness\u003c\/i\u003e answers is this: What are you afraid would happen if you weren't unhappy? Why? Because this is the question that everybody asks all their lives, without ever fully realizing it. We are deeply engaged in the assumptions contained within it. What are we assuming when we ask that question? First, we're suggesting that it is possible to be happy regardless of the present circumstances in which we find ourselves-that unhappiness doesn't just happen, but that it may be self-imposed. Further, this \u003ci\u003echosen\u003c\/i\u003e state may have less to do with what is happening in the present and more to do with warding off a fearfully anticipated future. Finally, we must also believe that, somehow, unhappiness pays off. We are forced to conclude, then, that we value unhappiness. \u003ci\u003eExplaining Unhappiness\u003c\/i\u003e was written for anyone who has come to realize that \"realizing your potential\" and \"increasing your coping skills\" have become old chestnuts that never really gave you what you really wanted-namely, a definitive answer as to why you need to believe that something is wrong with you.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Spinogatti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781450254397\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44931256909939,"sku":"9781450254397","price":19.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8beb38a2-391c-45c0-90bd-e778e7e2b2bd.jpg?v=1778093919","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/explaining-unhappiness-dissolving-the-paradox-9781450254397","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}