Find lasting freedom from difficult emotions with skills grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and emotional schema therapy.
If you struggle with difficult emotions, you should know that you aren’t alone. Many people feel sad, worried, or stressed out—whether as a result of depression, anxiety, or simply dealing with the common struggles of daily life. Emotions are a natural and healthy part of being human. It’s how we cope with these difficult emotions that reveal our true capacity for happiness, love, and joy.
Don’t Believe Everything You Feel offers a groundbreaking approach blending CBT and emotional schema therapy to help you explore your own deeply held personal beliefs about emotions, determine if these beliefs are helpful or harmful, and find the motivation to adopt alternative, healthier coping strategies. Each chapter contains exercises such as self-assessment, expressive writing, or guided questioning to help you manage your emotions more productively.
There’s no such thing as a “bad,” emotion. But if you’re experiencing sadness, anger, or anxiety most of the time, you need to find balance. This book will show you how to better cope with your emotions and live a full, meaningful life.
It appeals to me because it addresses feelings in a totally logical, step-by-step, do it yourself without having to go to a therapist program. There may be some people that want to enhance their lives with therapy in addition to the book, but it may be hard to find one that uses Schema Therapy. However, this book can be used in addition to any therapy that your mental health professional may use.
This is like having Leahy as your therapist 24 hour available, without having to travel to get improvements in your life. I am glad that an academic researcher would be willing to write this book for the layperson, since I have heard that academicians that write self-help are looked down on.
I am getting relief from the pain of feeling that I haven't accomplished by now certain goals I am set on, while getting more healthy coping skills I can use towards those goals.
I am being kinder to myself. For example, I did not know that it is ok, even healthy, to have conflicting feelings about people and events. I would ruminate and look down on myself because I thought ambivalent feelings are a sign of a personal flaw. I have read some good books about fear, as well as many ineffective books. But this book is full of new, useful skills.
"Would you say, 'I feel irritated. Is it true that I feel irritated?' Of course you feel irritated. There’s no question about it. When you have a feeling, your body is telling you the truth."
But, the title of the book says "Don't believe everything you feel."
In my opinion, this is in direct contradiction to his quote that whatever emotion you are feeling, it is true for you. So, I am supposed to believe what I feel right?
Unless, "Don't believe everything you feel .. is permanent"
Other than this, it is a great book.
I bought this book because of a friend whose thoughts seem to maneuver her to feeling badly again & again. Some of the concepts in this book are similar what I had learned from Albert Ellis but goes much deeper.
I can only highly recommend! I haven't read but a chapter or two but it has moved me a lot so far!
There’s far too many of us suffering from anxiety and depression and I could list off a ton of reasons that you all already know. These issues don’t just go away overnight so we need to figure out how to move through the discomfort.
This book is meant to be used and worked with. Taking time to log my worries and emotions gives me a chance to look at what I am doing that is making my life more difficult. Excellent resource for realistic living/