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Dominic Arkwright and panel discuss how we cope with dashed hopes.

Dominic Arkwright discusses how we cope with dashed hopes. With Annie Caulfield, Agnes Poirier and Oliver James. From June 2009.

Dominic Arkwright is joined by clinical psychologist Oliver James, author of The Selfish Capitalist and Britain on the Couch; French journalist Agnes Poirier; and Annie Caulfield, creator of the Radio 4 series Reasons to be Cheerful, to discuss why people avoid confronting reality, and what happens when they do.

Produced by Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2009.

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