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[Shaz51]

Hello again

I am @Shaz51 husband here

a friend of my wife gave me a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy wookbook for dummies -- 300 pages

It has been on the table for two weeks until tonight when i picked it up

Has anyone found CBT helpful ?? when I start reading I start going to sleep ??

[suzanne]

Hi @Shaz51's hubby.  Nice to (sort of) meet you  You have my sympathy in trying to read the book. From my point of view CBT can be very helpful in managing depression and anxiety.  But it can be hard to absorb that from a book.  Perhaps just focus on the exercises rather than reading too much introductory text.  If they don't make sense you can back track a little until you get it.

Alternatively there are online interactive courses you can do where the information is chunked down nicely and might hold your interest better.  You can try MoodGYM here which is free.

Whatever route you take I think it'll be worth it.  You'll get some strategies to help keep you calm and in a better frame of mind.

Let us know how you go

[Kurra]

I found MoodGYM very good. After that it's really about practising. I think about it as rephrasing rather than CBT.

[suzanne]

That's good to hear @Kurra. 

[Shaz51]

thanks @suzanne xx this is @Shaz51 here

Hello @Kurra, how are you ??

[Mazarita]

Hi @Shaz51's hubby (and Shaz!),

I too found MoodGym helpful and much more engaging and fun than reading a book about CBT. I still use some of the approaches in it and they help me in an ongoing way. Best wishes.

[Kurra]

I'm going well @Shaz51.
I'm still getting vile headaches but I'll be seeing a specialist about those when I'm in the city next week. I managed to get the appt with my pdoc and the other specialist one after the other anf fortunately they're both at same hospital.
I really hope your world is getting a little easier.
Hugs

[Former-Member]

Hi @Shaz51

Mindspot offers good free courses with support. Made reading through the course material and doing the exercises easier for me.