Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated | David D. Burns

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	Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy Revised and Updated David D. Burns Harper, 1999 - 736 pages average customer review:based on 214 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This how you "deal with your feelings"

Many years ago I had a confluence of tragic events in my life and I decided to see a psychologist for a while. One day the psychologist told me that I needed to "deal with my feelings". I told him in frustration that I heard that many times before, but that I did not understand what that meant. I asked him what exactly do people do when they "deal with their feelings". He was silent for a few moments and then he wrote the name of this book down on a slip of paper. This book will tell you how to "deal with your feelings".

You may get an instant change in your feelings on some small issues, but for the most part cognitive therapy is like jogging to lose weight. You have to do it consistently and for a while to get significant results. No magic, you have to work, but you will get good results.

One of the symptoms of depression is not seeing things as they are. Since cognitive therapy works on learning to see things as how they are a person with severe depression might benefit from seeing a psychologist who specializes in cognitive therapy. Such a therapist can help a person see around their blind spots whereas a book can not.

Try typing "cognitive therapy" into google.

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Practical help

Having read too many self-help books that provide no help, I cannot recommend this book too highly. It may take three or four careful readings, but herein lies the science and the practical exercises that can greatly assist a person with long-standing major depression.

Great book

This book made a huge improvement in my quality of life. If you're willing to do the exercises and are ready for a positive change then this is the book for you!

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