What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement
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Printer-friendly version| Title | What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement |
| Publication Type | Book |
| Pub Year | 1994 |
| Authors | Seligman, M. E. P. |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Keywords | depression, self-esteem |
| Notes | depression"It is a disturbing idea that depressed people see reality correctly while nondepressed people distort reality in a self-serving way. As a therapist I was trained to believe that it is my job to help a depressed patient to feel both happier and see the world more clearly. I am supposed to be the agent of happiness as well as the agent of truth. But maybe truth and happiness antagonize each other. Perhaps what we have considered good therapy for a depressed patient merely nurtures benign illusions, making the patient think that her world is better than it actually is." (p. 199) self-esteem"To put it exactly, I believe that low self-esteem is an epiphenomenon, a mere reflection that your commerce with the world is going badly." (p. 241) |
| URL | http://books.google.com/books?id=GqhFAAAAYAAJ |