Feeling Good: Overcome Depression and Anxiety with Proven Techniques

by David D. Burns

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Suppose as a result of illness, business reversal, retirement, or some other factor beyond your control, you find you are unable to produce at the same high level for a period of time. Now you may pay the price of a severe

depression, triggered by the conviction that because you are less productive it means you are no good. You'll feel like a tin can that's been used and is now ready for the trash. Your lack of self-esteem might even culminate in a suicide attempt, the ultimate payment for measuring your

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The two are not identical and are not causally related.

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from worrier to warrior

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'You'll beat this thing. Keep your chin up.'

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(disqualifying the positive).

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When you are depressed, you may have a tendency to confuse feeling with facts.

real problems can never depress you even to a small extent. Only distorted thoughts can rob you of valid hopes or

self-esteem. I have never seen a "real" problem in a depressed patient which was so "totally insoluble" that suicide was indicated. *Beck, Aaron T. Depression: