Have you ever read a self-help book that’s worked?

[Pegs11]

Just that. Wondering if anyone can say their mental health has significantly improved after reading a book (or similar).

Yes it's called self help by Claire weekes. It literally saved my life.

Sorry the full title of the book is called self help for your nerves

Yes. The Road Less Travelled (many years ago now).

Also, sort-of-self-help — The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying utterly revolutionised me from a chronically messy person to a tidy one — in my thirties. I’m now approaching mid-forties and this is now me for life.

There are some good ones. (as well as many shit ones.)

But you can’t just read them, you have yo put it into practice 😁 most people don’t really want to do that work.

@Thiswillpasstoo I was just going to post the same thing about Claire Weekes. She's written several books as well as the one you mentioned, all of them helped me so much

Same book! The work of Claire Weeks is fantastic for anxiety and I've read that and her other books, and the audiobooks too when I couldn't read. Old style of writing and speaking as she was working in the 60s onwards but absolutely spot on about what causes anxiety, breakdown and burnout. A lot of the new books on anxiety are borrowing her ideas and not giving her credit!

Also Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway, lightbulb moment

@AuntTwacky @HilarityEnsues absolutely! She's literally the only person who has cracked the anxiety code ( there's a book of that title which is centred around Claire weekes life and is written by a lady who Claire has helped) I can't believe the amount of therapists who use her work but she doesn't get half the recognition she deserves. Iv handed that book to so many people but not one of them has put it into practice unfortunately

The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code: The Extraordinary Life of Dr Claire Weekes g.co/kgs/yx7EfH

This is the link of the book I mentioned.

@Thiswillpasstoo @AuntTwacky @HilarityEnsues
Could you give a short summary in simple English of the methods used by Claire Weekes?
Thanks

@DogDayze facing, accepting, floating, letting time pass

The Road Less Travelled. I read it in the throes of severe PND, I truly wanted to die but this book saved me.

A Woman in Your Own Right - Anne Dickinson

www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Your-Own-Right-Assertiveness/dp/0704334208

Agree that Feel The Fear and the Road Less Travelled are well worth reading.

He's just not that Into you and It's called a breakup because it's broken by the same authors really helped me with relationship failures in my 30s.

self help by Claire weekes
And
Anxiety for Dummies

Worked for me

Yes, I second Claire Weekes, read her books in the late 70's/early 80's
I must re-read them.

We should all start a Claire weekes fan club 😂

Feel the fear is about the only self help book I read in my 20s and it was a lightbulb moment for me too. Really really useful.
My DD is really anxious so I'm going to look up the Claire Weekes books now...

Oh yes Claire Weekend. My mum had these, they are amazing for panic attacks.

I like Susan Rowe.

Bloody autocorrect Claire Weekes!

Dale Carnegie how to win friends and influence people
The 48 laws of power
The 33 strategies of war
Each helped in their individual ways.

Coming on to say Claire Weekes but you all beat me to it! These books helped me so much.

Thanks for suggestion, have just found the Claire Weekes on kindle for 99p

I read lots during my 20s and they helped no end for lots of issues.

What's the problem you're looking to improve?

There are overviews of the most respected science based books on optimize.me in categories based on mh issue.