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Good Mood - New Psychology of Overcoming Depression (Paperback)
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Good Mood - New Psychology of Overcoming Depression (Paperback)
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Julian Simon was depressed for 13 long years, living each sad day
under a black cloud of sadness and pain. Except for occasional
brief episodes, he was continuously conscious of being miserable,
constantly preoccupied with his own worthlessness, and held back
from suicide only by feelings of duty towards his family. A
dedicated scholar, quick-witted, erudite and curious, Simon
consulted psychiatrists and psychologists of several schools, and
read widely and critically in the psychological literature,
desperate to find some therapy that would banish his depression.
Eventually he began to find help in the writings of cognitive
therapists like Aaron Beck, Albert Ellis, and Martin Seligman,
authors who argue that emotional problems often arise from specific
habits of thought which can be changed. Applying his newly-gained
insights, Simon cured his own depression within weeks, and has
remained depression-free for the past 18 years. From his own
experience and analysis, he has made innovative contributions to
the cognitive approach, resulting in his own distinctive technique,
which he calls Self-Comparisons Analysis. Simon argues that
depression ultimately results from negative self-comparisons,
comparisons we all make continually between the state we think we
are in and a hypothetical benchmark state - the state we believe we
ought to be in. Sadness and depression arise from too great a
contrast between the perceived actual state and the benchmark
state. Self-Comparisons Analysis yields many fruitful techniques
which can be employed to improve the perceived actual state and
reduce the demands of the benchmark state. These techniques should
interest depression sufferers, their loved ones, therapists, and
psychologists. Simon has also developed an interactive computerised
program for combatting depression which provides psychotherapy in
the form of instruction/dialogue in everyday language. The disk is
available free of charge to purchasers of "Good Mood".
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