به عنوان دو روانشناس و دو رواندرمانگر، هر روز با كساني سر و كار داريم كه مشكل عزتنفس دارند. آنها مشكلات خود را با ما در ميان ميگذارند، از افسردگي مزمن تا به هم ريختن زندگي پس از بيكاري، داغ ديدن و ضربههاي رواني ديگر. اما فصل مشترك مشكلاتشان آن است كه نميتوانند بدون كمك گرفتن از متخصص، به آنها رسيدگي كنند چون باور ندارند بتوانند اين كار را انجام دهند. به عنوان دو درمانگر و دو مربي قرار نيست بحرانهاي شخصي مردم را حل كنيم بلكه ميخواهيم عزتنفس آنها را طوري بسازيم كه خودشان مشكلاتشان را حل كنند، حال هر مشكلي با هر شدتي ميخواهد باشد. در اين كتاب ميخواهيم مهارتهاي لازم براي اين كار را با شما در ميان بگذاريم.
تا حدودی کتاب کاملی در این مبحث هست، اما بسیار کند و سخت پیش بردمش و یکی از دلایلش هم ترجمه نه چندان خوب اون هست؛ متن روان نبود. اما خب موضوع جدیدی برام بود، آشنایی باهاش جذاب و خواندنی. اما فکر می کنم درباره این موضوع کتاب های مفیدتر با چهارچوب خلاصه تر و بهتر وجود داشته باشند و این کتاب بیشتر به درد افرادی میخورد که تخصصی درباره این موضوع بخوانند. عنوان فارسی این کتاب در گودریدز وجود نداشت متاسفانه!
Key learning & notes from a book are: 1. Self- esteem arises from personal negative thinking or PFF( personal fault finders). PFF based on our own belief rather than valid facts. Do not try to defeat PFF but acknowledge where it's coming from, try to understand it. It's a good idea to keep a track of your emotions, thoughts , behavior. Test new ideas , write 3 good and grateful things from your day 2. Desire for Perfectionism only will set you to fail. It's great to improve yourself but it's not good to criticize yourself if it's not to the standard 3. Healthy self awareness- understanding own feelings and wants. When situation arises evaluate your emotions, reflect on possible outcomes, be calm and constructive 4. Positive thinking is a key, there is no problem there is a challenge
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This is one of the books that actually changed my life for the better. I've never been to see a medical professional about low self-esteem, but I know that it has been negatively and severely impacting my life, but I didn't know how to change that.... until I read this book.
As it is a book on CBT, it is very practical. I like that they try to slowly introduce concepts, with examples, to you in each chapter, so you don't feel overwhelmed by all the information. After getting used to the concepts, you are able to more readily apply it to real life. The most useful thing is probably learning about the distorted thinking patterns and how to identify negative thoughts. Because this book is so easy to understand, with very practical steps to follow, I could actually apply the concepts to real life and it improved my mental well-being tremendously. I am going to be forever grateful to the author of this book.
I would recommend it to anyone who's looking for beginners-level guide on how to improve their self-esteem.
To be honest, I don't think this book was well suited to me. My self-esteem is not particularly low at the moment - I hadn't actually realised how much it had improved, so that's one really great positive from reading this. The book did raise some good points that I recall having come across previously, so it provided a good reminder. I also previously thought that I aligned a lot to the CBT approach but have consequently started rethinking this.