The gift of fear survival signals that protect us from violence
"As seen on TikTok, protect yourself by learning how to trust -- and act on -- your instincts with the 'empowering' (Boston Globe) #1 bestselling guide to personal safety, from security expert Gavin de Becker. A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the doo...
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New York, NY :
Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company,
[2021]
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| Edition: | First Back Bay trade paperback edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- In the presence of danger
- The technology of intuition
- The academy of prediction
- Survival signals
- Imperfect strangers
- High-stakes predictions
- Promises to kill (understanding threats)
- Persistence, persistence (dealing with people who refuse to let go)
- Occupational hazards (violence in the workplace)
- Intimate enemies (domestic violence)
- "I was trying to let him down easy" (date stalking)
- Fear of children (violent children)
- Better to be wanted by the police than not to be wanted at all (attacks against public figures)
- Extreme hazards
- The gift of fear
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix one: Signals and predictive strategies
- Appendix two: Help-giving resources
- Appendix three: Gun safety, with a 2021 update on guns in America
- Appendix four: Preparing the mind for combat
- Appendix five: Gavin de Becker & Associates
- Appendix six: The elements of prediction
- Appendix seven: Questions for your child's school
- Recommended reading
- Index.
