Feeling Good
David D. Burns
20 people recommended it in 13 threads, 2016–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
For so much time I was a victim of cognitive distortions and now I finally found a way to beat them.
Even if you are not depressed, it will help build your mental immunity against future depression.
Feeling Good (Dr. Burns, cognitive therapy mostly centered on depression, but I want to learn about this before I have depression so that I can avoid it and do 'maintenance' on myself)
My favorite anti depression book is Feeling Good by Dr. Burns. I especially like the "if that were true, it would mean that..." exercise in the book, where you drill down to the root cause of your negative thoughts.
I wish everyone would read that book so that they can build mental immunity against circular, depressing thoughts.
It is literally a revolution for many self critical personalities, as it provides the self arguments necessary to defeat one's self critic.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns Helped me understand how my thought process was impacting my mood and fueling anxiety
Feeling Good by David Burns - changed the way I see and cope with things and people that used to "cause" me lots of stress in the past.
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns helped me get out of a hole of anxiety, depression, and panic attacks.
"Feeling Good", by David Burns, can help you create such a toolkit. This book is a self-therapy guide presented in a very user-friendly style.
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