Understanding yourself : the mental hygiene of personality / by Ernest R. Groves.
- Ernest R. Groves
- Date:
- [1935]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Understanding yourself : the mental hygiene of personality / by Ernest R. Groves. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![This book has a practical purpose. It seeks to help the reader to understand himself and his problems, that he may increase his successes and his satisfactions. The discussion centers about the conditions that shape person¬ ality, but the attempt of the book is not to rehearse the findings and theories of science but to provide the means by which the reader can come to a better understanding of himself. Problems of personality did not begin with modern civilization. They have perplexed men and women for centuries. Our modern way of living has increased these problems and made nearly everyone conscious of them. It also has developed resources for dealing with them. Mental hygiene, an art of living, rooted in science, has re¬ placed the precepts of those who in the past because of their reputation for understanding human need have been sought for counsel by people in trouble. The essence of wholesome personality has not changed through the years. It is, as it always has been, learning to live with one’s self and to make good use of all one has for adjustment to the environment. Wise living has al¬ ways demanded an inner and an outer strategy but the [i]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29815150_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
