Someone who finds it hard to deal with themselves can distance themselves from their experiences. Such a person doesn’t know how to handle what’s happening inside them, and they’re afraid of their own emotions. The price of this psychological protection is losing contact with yourself. In this audiobook, the basic conflicts that each of us faces in trying to build relationships—with ourselves and with others—are examined, along with their extreme poles: • autonomy vs. dependence; • submission vs. control; • the need for care vs. self-sufficiency; • self-blame vs. blaming others. True personal maturity is defined by harmonious relationships with yourself and with other people. By listening to this audiobook, you’ll understand what makes your reactions so problematic and, at last, stop being held hostage by your biography.