Workbook & Summary - Feeling Good - Based On The Book By David D. Burns

By Sapiens Quick Books

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WORKBOOK &

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sapiens Quick Books
• Release date: Jun 27, 2024
• ISBN: 9798330259014

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WORKBOOK

& SUMMARY

FEELING GOOD

BASED ON THE BOOK BY

DAVID D. BURNS

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WRITTEN BY

SAPIENS QUICK BOOKS

Workbook & Summary: Feeling Good - Based On The Book By David D. Burns

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CONTENT

ROOT OF EMOTIONAL STATES

OVERCOMING INERTIA

THOUGHTS INFLUENCE EMOTIONS

RECOGNIZING HARMFUL THOUGHTS

COMMON COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS

CORRECTING DISTORTED THOUGHTS

OVERCOMING NEED FOR APPROVAL

ADDRESSING SUPPRESSED EMOTIONS

EXPLORING SEVERE DEPRESSION

BUILDING LASTING SELF-ESTEEM

BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF DEPRESSION

HANDLING LIFE'S CHALLENGES

CLOSING NOTES

HELP US WITH A REVIEW

LEGAL ISSUES

ABOUT COPYRIGHT

ROOT OF EMOTIONAL STATES

The Cause of All Your Moods, as discussed by David D. Burns in his seminal work Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy, delves deeply into the fundamental principle that our thoughts, rather than external events, are the primary determinants of our emotional states. Burns introduces the concept that our interpretations and perceptions of events, rather than the events themselves, shape how we feel. This cognitive perspective challenges the conventional wisdom that circumstances directly dictate our emotions, suggesting instead that it is our internal dialogue—the thoughts we have about ourselves, others, and the world—that fundamentally influences our mood.

Burns illustrates this concept through numerous clinical examples and practical scenarios, demonstrating how individuals can experience vastly different emotional reactions to identical situations based solely on their thought patterns. He coins the term cognitive distortions to describe common errors in thinking that contribute to negative emotions such as depression and anxiety. These distortions include black-and-white thinking (seeing things in extremes), overgeneralization (making sweeping conclusions based on isolated incidents), and personalization (attributing external events to oneself without sufficient evidence).

Central to Burns' thesis is the idea that by identifying and challenging these cognitive distortions, individuals