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Don't Believe It for a Minute!: Forty Toxic Ideas That Are Driving You Crazy

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This book is terrific! It helped me realize that I was poisoning my happiness with my own thinking. More importantly, it gave me the remedies I needed for achieving a more balanced outlook and better mental health.

The authors have distilled from thousands of therapy sessions some truly effective healthy philosophies. It's a quick read which delegitimizes some common irrationalities and gets to the heart of the self-help matter. A good extension of REBT and CBT ideas...addresses disturbance-causing beliefs head-on. You won't regret buying it. A welcome change from all the crappy psych books out there!

I own everything written by either Arnold Lazarus, Phd or Allen Fay, MD. Their best ...are the books they did together. This book is a gem. No shrink, patient or psychology student should be without it!

I realize that 'common sense' is a risky term, but for myself and most people I know, that's what a lot of this is. Most of the 'Toxic Ideas' that the authors debunk are not (in my experience) commonly held ideas. They do an expert job of explaining how and why the ideas are indeed toxic, and what ideas would be healthier and more accurate. But when you don't hold any of the ideas to begin with, it's a pretty silly read (some examples of the 'toxic ideas': 'Ultimatums Settle Disputes', and 'Problems Go Away If You Ignore Them'). I give it two stars because the authors do what they claim to do in the book, and I'm sure there are people out there who will find it immensely helpful. But as far as usefulness to a person of average intelligence, experience, self-awareness, and, yes, common sense... well, it's just unnecessary. Not worth the money; I'll be donating it to my local library.

Wow! When I saw this book on my friend's book shelf I knew I had to have a copy of my very own. The ideas are clear, short and to the point. So I went straight to Amazon and to my delight I saw all the others by the same authors and I bought them as well. All of them are great! I now give them to friends so they too can banish the toxic ideas that limit their lives.