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Ten Days to Self-Esteem
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| Part No: | 0688094554 |
| Manufacturer: | Harper Paperbacks |
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| Customer Rating: | 4.0 / 5.0 |
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| It works if you work it! | 2010-08-02 | 5 / 5 |
| What ended my depression and anxiety (going on 5 years now) was working through David Burns' workbook, "Ten Days to Self-Esteem," (admittedly a pitiful title!).
I'd previously read Burns' popular book, "Feeling Good," and well understood his main points, as well as liked his straightforward, practical, humourous, example-filled writing, but, for all that, my depression didn't lift.
So I went to for customer reviews of his other books. One of the most successful, according to reviewers, was his "Ten Days to Self-Esteem" workbook.
One stand-out statement by a reviewer proved entirely true: You have to WRITE OUT the answers to the workbook's exercises. Naturally, I began the workbook, which seemed so simple---and didn't write out my answers. Burns caught me immediately and made me laugh at myself by saying that I (the reader) probably was not writing down the answers, and he quickly convinced me to commit to it, which I did.
By the second day, I felt my depression lessening noticeably, and my rating on his brief Depression Checklist showed the same. I persisted in writing my answers, and rapidly my depression lifted.
I most remember Burns saying that the way we feel is caused by what we think. In other words, our thoughts cause our feelings, not vice versa. And when we're feeling depressed, we don't think logically. We reason falsely. Our thoughts are logical fallacies. The main fallacy, for me, was "All Or Nothing" thinking, such as: "I'll never be able to get the kind of job I want", or "I'm just no good," or "I can't do anything right," or "No one could possibly love me."
Rebuts to the first of those "All Or Nothing" statements might go something like this: "Have you ever had a job that you enjoyed or which had *bits* that you enjoyed?" or "Is it possible that you might read about a job that has some of the things you enjoy?" or "Is it possible that you might meet or read about someone who knows of a job you might enjoy?"
Writing out your answers to reasonable, logical questions such as these will get one's brain back to reality, to the actual world, and away from the false world of constant self-negatives.
I do hope you'll get and work the workbook!
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| VERY PLEASED! | 2010-03-13 | 4 / 5 |
| | I BOUGHT THIS BOOK FOR A VERY GOOD FRIEND, AND I CAN TELL A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HER. I THINK ANYONE THAT IS DEALING WITH SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES SHOULD DEFINITELY, PURCHASE THIS BOOK. |
| Don't let the title fool you. Put Cognitive Behavioral Therapy into Practice | 2010-02-28 | 5 / 5 |
| This books makes you actually practice the Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques you might just usually hear about, read about, or talk about. Doing is the difference in this book. It made me think, write, problem solve, and practice the methods I needed to help survive my depression.
The only thing that is wrong with this book is the title. 10 days? No way. Self-esteem? Well ok, but I thought needed to survive my depression before working on my self esteem. The only reason I ever bought a book with such a silly title is because a very respected, thoughtful, kind, well educated psychologist recommended it to me. Please don't let the title scare you away. This book might make as big a difference in your thinking as it has in mine. |
| A very nice book if you work hard on it | 2009-11-25 | 5 / 5 |
| | This is very good book which challeges your thought pattern. Very well explained about what needs to be done in order to have healthy and positive thinking. But for reference you have to use other books by Dr. David Burns which are feeling good handbook and other is feeling good book. Your final result depends upon how long excersises you do. I wish everyone all the best. |
| Purchased for a friend, but good service. | 2009-09-24 | 5 / 5 |
| | I purchased this for a friend so I don't know too much about the book. It is a workbook and appears to be good. The Seller shipped promptly and the book was in good condition. |
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