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tsol25 (original poster member #29461) posted at 7:18 PM on Sunday, June 26th, 2011
My IC suggested I read this book (by David D. Burns M.D)to learn and find ways to help my anxiety. Just wondering if anyone had read it and had any feedback on it.
me - tsol, that's all for now
boudicca ( member #30136) posted at 7:42 PM on Sunday, June 26th, 2011
I can't say enough good things about this workbook. It was recommended to me when it first came out and it has helped me as much as anything else I have done.
dreamlife ( member #8142) posted at 9:14 PM on Sunday, June 26th, 2011
Thanks for sharing. I'm going to check it out. 
~XWH told me what I wanted to hear but he always did whatever he wanted to do~
"He called me a bitch.
I called him an ambulance."
Linda H.)
formerlyteflon ( member #16725) posted at 9:27 PM on Sunday, June 26th, 2011
I used this a few years ago and found it somewhat helpful but didn't really get into it. I went to a different cognitive-behavior therapist - my favorite IC of all time - and she recommended Mind Over Mood instead of the FG handbook. Changed my life.
“There is a limit to the amount of misery and disarray you will put up with, for love, just as there is a limit to the amount of mess you can stand around a house. You can’t know the limit beforehand, but you will know when you’ve reached it."
dreamlife ( member #8142) posted at 2:14 AM on Monday, July 4th, 2011
I ordered the book (used, but like new) and it has arrived! 
~XWH told me what I wanted to hear but he always did whatever he wanted to do~
"He called me a bitch.
I called him an ambulance."
Linda H.)
tsol25 (original poster member #29461) posted at 7:12 PM on Monday, July 4th, 2011
dreamlife,
Let me know what you think of it. I'm ...a few chapter in. I've been neglecting it this weekend but it's been good so far.
me - tsol, that's all for now
Hope24 ( member #9344) posted at 10:30 PM on Monday, July 4th, 2011
This book has been sitting on my shelf for well over a year and I decided to dust it off because of this thread.
The exercises are extensive, but I'm at the part where you diagnose your moods, identify the distorted thoughts and re-frame rational responses.
Worked pretty well when I went through a bout of anxiety earlier today.
She packed up her potential and all she had learned and headed out to change a few things.
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