Why we can't (or won't) move on
By: Anneli Rufus.
Publisher: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781585426676
Subjects: American Dream; Popular culture -- United States; Self-defeating behavior -- United States; Change (Psychology); United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Description: Rufus identifies a rather striking social trend: many people are stuck in the wrong relationship, career, or town, or just with bad habits they can't seem to quit. Many even say they want to change, but face a complex network of causes for immobilization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Once upon a time: stuck in the past; title: Semiautomatic: stuck in the present; title: Oops! I did it again: stuck on habits; title: The horror, the horror: stuck on trauma; title: People who need people: stuck on others; title: Take this job and  . . .  : stuck on work; title: Epilogue.