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'For treating depression without drugs:
Focusing on wellbeing without medication, Burns talks the reader through drug-free cures to an array of depressive disorders, from anxiety to pessimism, guilt to procrastination. Readers can also learn more about the side effects and interactions of antidepressant drugs, and how to tell if a drug is really working.'
--Psychologies, July 2010
Focusing on wellbeing without medication, Burns talks the reader through drug-free cures to an array of depressive disorders, from anxiety to pessimism, guilt to procrastination. Readers can also learn more about the side effects and interactions of antidepressant drugs, and how to tell if a drug is really working.'
--Psychologies, July 2010
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The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other "black holes" of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D. Burns, M.D., outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. Now, in this updated edition, Dr. Burns adds an All-New Consumer′s Guide To Anti-depressant Drugs as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression.
- Recognise what causes your mood swings
- Nip negative feelings in the bud
- Deal with guilt
- Handle hostility and criticism
- Overcome addiction to love and approval
- Build self-esteem
- Feel good everyday
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127 of 128 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a healed sceptic,
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This review is from: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (Mass Market Paperback)
Like the other reviewers, i cannot praise this book enough. The effect it's had on me - more specifically, my mood - feels miraculous. It's premise is based on the theory that depression is caused by distorted thinking and if my experience is anything to go by, this is totally accurate. The author emphasises writing your thoughts down and he's absolutely right to do so. When i translated my thoughts on to paper, it was amazing to see how utterly negative, and frankly ridiculous, they sounded. Using the techniques the author explains, the reader - and writer - is able to dissect the thoughts and so arrive at a more realistic, and calmer, frame of mind. Whatever your 'level' of depression i really believe this can be of help. Put it this way, if it worked for me it can work for anybody. You may think the idea sounds simple, and one you can perform without the aid of a book. The insidious thing about depression, in my view, is that you often don't realise how bad you are and therefore don't enlist the help you need. This was certainly the case for me - i didn't realise how destructive my thoughts were until i analysed them. I'm not exaggerating when i say this has transformed my mood - i feel like i've had a brain detox! If you have depression, even if you think it's very mild, i'd recommend you read this book - what have you got to lose? On the other hand, you may have an awful lot to gain.
50 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
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Good ideas but not very user-friendly,
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This review is from: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (Mass Market Paperback)
When I first looked at Feeling Good by David Burns, I thought it was an excellent book. It's packed with practical ideas for improving mood and breaking out of depression. Unfortunately, when I tried to use the book's suggestions when actually depressed, I found them of little use. The theory behind the exercises is sound (as I know from successfully using CBT in other contexts) but the way the book is written and laid out does not seem to have the depressed reader in mind.
Burns clearly wanted to pack in as many helpful techniques as possible, but that is actually the book's failing. The reader is bombarded with things to do that are often not described in very much detail. When you are depressed, you may find it hard to concentrate, have trouble making decisions, get overwhelmed easily, and above all struggle to find energy and motivation. Feeling Good doesn't take any of these factors into account. I think if the book had presented fewer ideas and taken me through them step by step, it would have been helpful. Instead, I was left feeling as though I should be doing all these different things, I didn't know which one to try first, I wasn't quite sure how to go about some of them, and faced with the mountain of exercises, I gave up. Judging from the other Amazon reviews, many people have found this book helpful. I would guess it's extremely good for milder depression, where you don't have so many of the issues I described above. If you're interested in CBT but more severely depressed, I'd recommend Mind Over Mood by Greenberger and Padesky instead. It's more of an introduction to CBT, but it takes you through everything slowly, with lots of blank worksheets to fill in, and the techniques described really do help. If you do buy Feeling Good, treat yourself to a nice notebook and pen as well, and above all, pace yourself.
60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:
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I would give this book 10 stars!!!,
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This review is from: Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (Mass Market Paperback)
Fantastic book. I bought this book after I has recovered from one of my many depressive episodes. I was determined NEVER to get depressed again and if I did know what to do about it. This book meet my needs and more. It alloed me to find out how depressed I was in the past (a few times I was serverly depressed) and it got me to see how some of my thinking was causing me to get depressed over again. It has questionaries for you to follow and an extensive section afterwards to expand on your questionare results. It has now been over 5 years since I have not had a depression and I would say that this book has been to blame for that. If you are depressed or could get depressed in the future then get this book.
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