Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

The Story

Contents Preface vii Introduction PART I. THEORY AND RESEARCH 7 1. A Breakthrough in the Treatment of Mood Disorders 9 2. How to Diagnose Your Moods: The First Step in the Cure 19 3. Understanding Your Moods: You Feel the Way You Think 28 PART II PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 49 4. Start by Building Self-Esteem 51 5. Do-Nothingism: How to Beat It 75 6. Verbal Judo: Learn to Talk Back When You're Under the Fire of Criticism 119 7. Feeling: Angry What's Your IQ? 135 8. Ways of Defeating Guilt 178 PART III 'REALISTIC' DEPRESSIONS 205 9. Sadness Is Not Depression 207 PART IV PREVENTION AND PERSONAL GROWTH 231 10. The Cause of It All 233 11. The Approval Addiction 256 12. The Love Addiction 274 13. Your Work Is Not Your Worth 288 14. Dare to Be Average!-Ways to Overcome Perfectionism 309 PART V. DEFEATING HOPELESSNESS AND SUICIDE 335 15. The Ultimate Victory: Choosing to Live PART VI. COPING WITH THE STRESSES 337 AND STRAINS OF DAILY LIVING 357 16. How I Practice What I Preach 359 PART VII. THE CHEMISTRY OF MOOD 373 17. The Consumer's Guide to Antidepressant Drug Therapy 375 Suggested Reading 399 Index 401