If you try too hard to fight a problem within yourself or someone else, the very act of fighting will often create resistance. Sometimes when you accept the problem and stop trying so hard, things will suddenly begin to change.
David Burns in “The feeling good handbook” about the “acceptance paradox” (The book has been shown to be effective at improving the condition of depressive people in controlled trials) Page 67
It has sort of. It is in the forward of the recent edition of the book.
In general the book is well known on LW and I’m just reiterating a fact that’s already established by other people. At the moment the LW search finds 431 hits for the search “feeling good handbook”.
David Burns in “The feeling good handbook” about the “acceptance paradox” (The book has been shown to be effective at improving the condition of depressive people in controlled trials) Page 67
I feel like the claim made about the source is strong enough that it should have a link to a study.
It has sort of. It is in the forward of the recent edition of the book.
In general the book is well known on LW and I’m just reiterating a fact that’s already established by other people. At the moment the LW search finds 431 hits for the search “feeling good handbook”.