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The title of my review is actually a summary of how this book plans to make you feel better.
The book is authored by a someone who has had a lot of experience using cognitive therapy techniques to try and improve people's depression. Cognitive therapy's premise is that your thinking (messages that you are giving yourself all day long) directly inflences your moods and how you feel. Therefore, if you are thinking negatively, you're going to feel that way. Likewise, if you think positive and optimistically, well, you're going to feel good!
And that's what the book is about- getting you to get rid of negative thoughts and replacing them with good ones. Does it work? Well, the book has been around since 1980, and there's actually been some good solid research that has actually taken the book, given it to depressed patients.....and they've improved!
With its easy writing style and research-backed techniques, Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy is definitely worth the read- just know you've got over 500+ pages ahead of you. If this seems too daunting, or this approach doesn't appeal to you, try something like Exercise Beats Depression - which has been shown to be just as effective as cognitive therapy or drugs in controlled trials. Good luck!
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440 of 470 people found the following review helpful
It's now been a little over a year since I read this book. That seems like a good time to review it; better than in the first couple of weeks, when I had a tremendous boost of happiness and feeling at peace with myself and the world. (I felt as if I had just been at a 10 year Buddhist retreat!). And better than in the months after, when I was disappointed and discouraged that the initial empowerment had worn off and I was still indeed depressed, anxious and insecure much of the time.
To be clear: I absolutely don't believe there will ever be a book in this world that can "cure" long standing depression or anxiety. No matter what any studies show (though incidentally, the ones on this book are pretty encouraging.) Those wonderful newly gained insights and skills don't have the power to obliterate what the brain has had decades to learn and get good at. That's continuous work. (To those who find the CBT attitude towards "dwelling" on childhood trauma too dismissive for their situation, I recommend the book "Reinventing Your Life", which is based on Schema Therapy.)
So where did Feeling Good fit in for me?
One thing I'm deeply grateful for is the tools it's given me to cope with each thing that drags me down - specifically, the 3 column writing exercise. More often than not, I just don't do it when I'm upset. I'll feel too discouraged to have faith in the process, or I'd rather distract myself with tv and self soothing than "deal". But when I do it, it's never once failed to make me feel a lot more balanced, a lot more in control, a lot less overwhelmed. It's as if as soon as I start working on my counter-points, I begin to step outside of the ring of fire of my own ruminations.Read more ›
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102 of 106 people found the following review helpful
As a nearly lifelong sufferer of depression, anxiety, and other mental illnesses, I had all but lost hope that there would be any cure. Before I go too far, I don’t consider Feeling Good to be a cure, per se. Even so, I still think it is a great treatment that has helped have considerably more positive days than I normally would have had. It’s very easy to get lost in your brain sometimes, and it’s also very easy to believe that there is no other possible reality. I thought being sad, gloomy, and disinterested was just a normal state of being for me. Fortunately, I found this book. It helped me root out the major causes of my mental illness. It also gave me a foundation for using my own cognition as a weapon against depression and anxiety.
Another book that I’ve found useful is 21 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy. It doesn’t have the same kind of scientific basis as Feeling Good, but the authors (Chris D’Cruz and Alvin Huang) are just as sensitive to the needs of people in my situation. I think it’s a valuable book that covers the topic of negative thoughts and delusional thinking quite well. One of the most helpful chapters involved giving up caring about what people think of you. While this is certainly not easy, it has made me realize how much of negative self-image was reliant on people’s opinions of me. I realized that I was placing so much important on pleasing everyone that I was neglecting myself. The ability to recognize that has been an important step on my road to recovery.
Again, I don’t think these books are cures for depression and anxiety.Read more ›
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722 of 809 people found the following review helpful
I have been dealing with anxiety and depression for many years and have read just about every type of book imaginable. The only reason I'm writing this review is that I found this book to be the best overall work I have ever read in the realm of self-help psychology. One of the greatest parts about the book is that Dr. Burns' model of cognitive behavioral therapy is very thorough, yet it is easy to understand and incorporate into one's daily living. He recommends cognitive behavioral therapy as the first line defense in dealing with mood disorders. However, the beauty of the book lies in the fact that Dr. Burns does not simply dismiss psychotropic medications. He clearly states that medications in addition to his therapeutic techniques are wholly appropriate for many people. In fact, it this updated edition he goes into detail about the different classes and types of drug options available on the market today. This approach is refreshing for someone who is benefitting from the use of medication and wanting to incorporate cognitive behavioral therapy into their recovery without having to read a book which outright dismisses the role of medication in treatment. Also of special significance is his list of 10 'Cognitive Distortions'. Here, he lays out a plan for recognizing faulty thinking, how these thoughts affect our moods, and how to correct these distortions. In summation, Dr. Burns' book is a practical encapsulation of the ideas and theories of some of the great pioneers in the field of mental health such as Drs. Abraham Low, Albert Ellis, and Aaron Beck. If you made it this far to decide whether or not to buy this book, read some of the other reviews then put it in your cart.
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