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Anyone know of a good self-help CBT book, guide, or course

Posted by johneckenrode11 @johneckenrode11, Aug 11, 2020

I'm a 67 yo man & have been suffering from depression, from mild to moderate, for most of my adult life. Nothing is ever quite good enough. Have tried many meds, none of which has helped enough to justify the side effects. I believe my remedy is in retraining my brain how to think, aka CBT, but I don't want to spend a lot of time and money with a therapist. Anyone know of a good CBT self-help book, guide, or course of some kind? I could review a bunch of Amazon book reviews, but I trust the Mayo community to give me some quality recommendations! Any suggestions?

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johneckenrode11 | @johneckenrode11 | Aug 14, 2020
In reply to @woogie "Of all the books in the world, the Bible is the one which helps me the..." + (show)
@woogie

Of all the books in the world, the Bible is the one which helps me the most. As you say, "soak up the word of God". The New Testament is much happier than the Old Testament. I suggest starting with it. Jesus came into the world for a purpose. He came to give us a life more abundantly. If we would do as His word says: "Love one another" how much happier we would all be. Can you imagine everyone in this world loving each other, doing for each other, truly caring how you are, helping you with whatever? Yes, what a wonderful world it would be. If we live on this earth the way we are supposed to, we are offered an eternity in Heaven. I know not everyone doesn't know or doesn't believe. I believe.

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Thanks Woogie, very helpful. For now I'm going to start in on Psalms from the Old Testament. What are your favorite "feel good" books from the New Testament?

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Aug 14, 2020
In reply to @johneckenrode11 "Thanks Teresa, this is very helpful. I will check out David Burns' books." + (show)
@johneckenrode11

Thanks Teresa, this is very helpful. I will check out David Burns' books.

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@johneckenrode11 Sounds good, I don't think you will be disappointed! (I also memorized a lot of Bible scripture earlier in my life, but I also needed CBT in order to clean-out the negative/unhealthy thoughts that came from my family of origin.)

If you are comfortable doing so, will you post again after you have had an opportunity to try out CBT?

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