Better than normal
Subtitle: why what makes you different makes you exceptional
By: Dale Archer
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Archetype
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9780307887467
Subjects: Individual differences; Personality disorders; Personality
Description: What if the inattentiveness that makes school or work a challenge holds the secret to your future as an entrepreneur? What if the anxiety you often feel can actually help energize you? Renowned psychiatrist Dr. Dale Archer believes that labels for behavior like "ADHD," "bipolar," and "OCD" are normal human qualities--and contends that we all experience these and other psychological traits to some extent, yet fail to leverage the significant advantages they can offer. Here, Dr. Archer offers a framework for redefining what constitutes mental health. Drawing on his twenty years of clinical experience, he describes eight traits of human behavior. Each of these occurs along a continuum rather than as a simple on-off switch (where "off " means we're fine, and "on" means we've got a problem). These are the aspects of our personality that we worry about the most, but these are also the very things that make us distinctive and different.--From publisher description.