The authors' preface to this book begins with the following statements: 'The continued demand for Discovering Ourselves twelve years after its original appearance is evidence of its value and usefulness. It is a brief, readable presentation, in non-technical language, of the essentials of dynamic psychology, and the principles of psychiatry and mental hygiene. As such, it has been of practical help to students, parents, educators, vocational counsellors, the clergy, and people suffering from handicaps and disappointments, whether professional, social or emotional. Patients suffering from nervous and even mental disorders have used it as a map or chart by which they have been enabled to struggle out of the mazes of suffering and difficult living. These conditions have arisen in most cases unwittingly, because of a way of life and habits of thinking and feeling they have drifted into unconsciously. This book not only gives knowledge of the common handicaps to successful and happy living, but offers suggestions