خوندن این کتاب رو به همه توصیه می کنم . این کتاب به شما کمک می کنه خطاهایی که در شناختتون هست رو اصلاح کنین و انرژی روانیتون رو ذخیره کنید . از اونجایی که همه آدم ها از این خطاهای شناختی دارن و باعث می شه حالشون بد باشه پس همه می تونن برای رسیدن به حال خوب از این کتاب استفاده کنن . البته این کتاب جای تشخیص و درمان روانشناسی رو نمی گیره و اگه کسی مشکلات حادی داره باید به درمانگر مراجعه کنه .

hopefully, I can get through this very thick book, but I LOVE the premise, and heard about it from an Education Week talk on battling depression. The speaker was a 20 year or so experienced Psychiatrist who now works w/ LDS Social Services, and rarely uses medication more than very short term, and has seen TONS of non-relapse success with cognitive therapy--anyway, that's what this somewhat older, but still best-selling book is about--except in extreme cases, he gives lots of tools for controlling our misguided/distorted thoughts and therefore controlling our moods and emotions---my life's goal! Really hopeful and positive though, w/o being narcissistic-a lot of focus on the benefit of good relationships, etc.--more later, after I've read past ch 3!

کتاب خوبیه. مشکلاتتون رو می تونید باهاش حل کنید

در این کتاب از یک روش درمانی جدید تحت عنوان «شناخت درمانی» حرف زده می‌شود که کاملا تصادفی، کااملا تصادفی همان رئوس روانکاوی فروید و لکان و یونگ را دارد. تازه همان‌ها را هم ندارد، صرفا بخشی از هرکدام را کِش رفته‌. کتاب بسیار بدی بود (به‌عنوان یک کتاب علمی).

When I first read this book, it was difficult to understand. I was young without any comprehension of bipolar or why it was happening to me. Then, the concept on dealing with difficult people and "disarmament" was stated in this book. I read it, and then re-read it on how to disarm those who intimidated me. It worked perfectly when I tried it. I kept reading. I discovered that the tasks Dr. Burns asks of us should be viewed with a "trial run" or a "try it and see" mentality.

In his previous editions, there were no "confidence measures'. Later editions may include these measures. A "confidence measure" is when you rate yourself from "0 to 10" with 10 being the best, and then you see where you are and what you have to work on. A rating of 7+ means you are confidence with your choices. Anything with a 6 or below rating, means you may need some revisions on your choices.

Do not read this book if you are severely depressed. This book has helped a lot of people -- people who are mildly or moderately depressed. For people who are severely or chronically depressed, not as much.

I bought the book after three years of clinical depression and then had the book for four more years of depression, and I only got a few chapters into it. In fact, it really stressed me out. I took it to my therapist's office several times with me feeling upset, brokenhearted, like a failure, desperate, and hopeless.

"This guy, Dr. Burns, says that if you just think differently, you can change how you're feeling," I said, shaking the book in the air. "He tells about all these people that are really depressed and that come to his office and then they aren't depressed anymore. He even says that in his opinion people who take medication for depression don't need to be taking medication, and that if depressed people would just follow Dr Burns' program here in this book, then their depression would go away.

"What am I doing wrong? I've tried for years to change my thinking! Why can't I get better? He and my other CBT therapists say this is supposed to work, supposed to fix everything! But I've tried so hard!!! Is it just not hard enough? I would have killed myself years ago without medication, but he says I shouldn't have needed medication. I would have been dead many times over already without meds. But he says that essentially no one truly needs meds." I was very upset, in agony, near tears.

"Perhaps," my therapist said in his usual calm, reassuring manner, "he is right -- about a certain group of people. Dr Burns is rather famous, especially in certain circles. Many of his clients may have gone to see him because a) of his reputation and b) they can afford his exorbitant prices. For instance, many may be rich wives who are feeling a little down because their cat died or struggling to communicate with their business-obsessed husbands or having relationship issues with their rich but insincere friends. They feel a little down, and if they've gone to their family practice doctor and gotten a prescription for prozac, they may not actually need the medication. They may benefit more from examining their relationships or thinking. Therefore, his clientelle may be self-selecting and not an accurate sample of the population in general."

"Oh," I said, feeling less shame and more relief. "I guess that could be right. Maybe his claims are true -- for some people? They just may not be true for me? I'm not failing? I'm not just not thinking hard enough. I'm doing okay and I'm trying hard, and I need to set his claims aside as applying to someone else but not something I have to impose on my own life."

"Right," my therapist said. "Your situation is VERY different. Years of depression, medications not working consistently, years of therapy and working on your negative thoughts and managing emotions, very severe and sometimes suicidal depression.... We've already seen that your depression is beyond just changing your thoughts, and your depression needs chemical regulation. So let's set this book aside. Dr Burns may not be seeing an accurate sample of the population, so we don't have to feel that this applies to you. You're doing a good job."

A couple years later, I read that CBT and self-help books are wonderful -- for people with mild to moderate depression. For people with severe depression, CBT and self-help books can CAUSE MORE HARM. I found that to be true for myself. In severe depression, the chemicals and mood are so beyond one's control that medication is usually needed to reduce the symptoms and severity, and THEN the person can start to make progress in therapy. (Anyone who has been severely depressed knows what I'm talking about regarding inability to change thoughts or feelings at that point.) AFTER the symptoms are not so disabling, most people can indeed benefit from examining their thinking, as I did when my depression finally started getting better.

My depression ended up being part of bipolar disorder. Bipolar depression DOES NOT get better by changing one's thinking! Medication is essential. Once I got on mood stabilizers, for the first time in 7 years I was not clinically depressed. At that point, I could actually make progress in therapy. Examining my thinking *actually caused changes* where before it was basically pointless discussion that my brain couldn't truly fix.

My overall review is:
Don't read this book if you are severely depressed. It may actually cause more damage. Instead, get a good therapist and a good psychiatrist, and after your depression isn't so totally disabling, then you may be able to benefit from the book.

This is the newer edition of THE book that was used in the clinical trials comparing antidepressants to cognitive-behavioral therapy, in which, believe it or not, they were found equally effective. I wish I had learned about this book in medical school! Not only have I found it extremely helpful on a personal level, but I can't think of a single person I've ever met who shouldn't read this book. What a helpful way of untwisting all the horrible things we and our minds do to ourselves.

727 pages. Donated 2010 May.

Revised with up-to-date information on the most commonly prescribed psychiatric drugs, "The Feeling Good Handbook" has sold more than 500,000 copies in previous editions.

Somehow I expected more. The book seemed kind of patronizing.

Good communication skills

One of the best self-help psychology books that we have found

I enjoyed the book overall. It gave me several techniques to think through my own distortions and to rationalize them. But, what I did not like was the way the author keeps saying that CBT is not a miracle and needs real hardwork but when he provides examples of his own patients, it sounds like a miracle happened. People that went into his office and boom! One session and the depression is gone!
This book is really good for people with borderline to mild depression and anxiety. But I don’t think it would be good for someone with severe depression/anxiety in which real therapy sessions can help. The book helps through it, but it is in no way the only source of help that someone with these illnesses should use.

فقط میتونم بگم به درد افرادی میخوره که رشتشون روانشناسی و صرفا به درد افرادی مثل من که برای آشنایی به این کتاب روی اوردم نمیخوره.اصلا از خوندنش لذت نبردم و به زور تمومش کردم.