Craving Connection (in)courage

Description

1. Breaking the silence. Entering the unknown -- The beginning of our stories -- What's different about surviving cancer? -- Discovering limbo -- Dancing in limbo -- The dance: chapter by chapter, step by step. 2. Waking up in limbo. What is limbo? -- The logic of limbo -- We're not alone in limbo -- How we got here: psychological defences -- Nothing happened: denial -- This cannot be happening to me: dissociation -- I have so many other worries: displacement -- Just don't think about it (and it won't go away): repression. 3. Why me? Why ask why? -- The wish to undo -- Almost forty questions -- The importance of self-pity -- Our questions serve a deeper purpose -- When to stop asking -- Survivor guilt.;4. Taking the first steps: fears of recurrence. The fears change but never end -- Signals from within, or am I turning into a hypochondriac? -- Regression in the face of fear -- Learning to live with fear -- Seeing the other side of fear. 5. Beginning to dance: grieving our losses. Physical losses -- Practical losses -- Intangible losses -- Mourning it all -- A short course on grief -- Grieving in limbo -- Life is full of unacknowledged losses -- If you have survived other traumatic losses -- Sadder is wiser and stronger. 6. Sidestepping the dance: The illusion of control. The craving for certainty -- Illusions of control -- Where did these ideas come from? -- The mind-body connection -- New age thinking: an oversimplification -- Your illness as a catalyst -- Finding a balance.;"Over eight million people have survived cancer. This poignant reflection by two health-care professionals and cancer survivors provides insight and reassurance for the difficult times these survivors face after the physical disease has subsided."--Publisher.