Mind over mood
"This life changing book helps readers use cognitive-behavioral therapy - one of today's most effective forms of psychotherapy - to conquer depression, anxiety, panic attacks, anger, guilt, shame, low self-esteem, eating disorders, substance abuse, and relationship problems. The second edition contains numerous new features: expanded content on anxiety; chapters on setting personal goals and maintaining progress; happiness rating scales; gratitude journals; innovative exercises focused on mindfulness, acceptance, and forgiveness; new worksheets; and much more."--Publisher.
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- Mind over Mood is an excellent self guided CBT book. It comes with works sheets.
There's also a practitioners version if you want to see how the sausage is made from a fascilitation side of thing.
If you're interested in more advanced discussion of methods consider Judith Beck (late CBT creator Aaron Beck's daughter). CBT basics and beyond.
Both are very popular within the UK.
- Meditation (just focus on your internal state - breath, discomfort, feeling on skin, etc - for 15min a day, one day with eyes closed, one day with open), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (read a workbook and do this by yourself everyday - Mind Over Mood by Padesky, Greenberger, would be my advice), breath work to help yourself quickly in the worst moments (look for Huberman Lab podcast videos on Youtube for things that are scientifically proven), and sleep, sleep, sleep as long as you need
- This is a MVP for the CBT app. I have observed a rise in my general depression and anxiety due to pandemic. And as it happens we experience depression, anxiety and anger from moment to moment. Instead of making it a disorder, it should be classified something like exercise. The step by step approach of exercising your mind to overcome the undesirable feelings. The negative distortions are part of us since the beginning of time. They helped us survive in the jungle so they are here to stay. What changed is our environment from dangerous jungle life to Instagram social wars and Sugar advertisements. I want to build an app which works like a google map for mind.
And also it's only built for web at the moment. I want to focus on the algos and scoring and the UX of the app.
The present version only contains the evaluation sessions which are recommended to be taken once a week. The therapy program for depression, anxiety and anger will be launched in coming weeks.
The evaluation sessions are taken the Feeling great book by Dr. David Burns. There are many CBT books out there which are an inspiration for this app. Mind over Mood is a prominent one among all the books for CBT.
I want to build the app with science/research backed techniques rather than just mood journaling. I want this app to be a replacement for therapist, atleast for day-to-day negative feelings we face.
Tech Stack - 1. NextJS 2. Firebase 3. ChakraUI
Please comment any feedback about the app.
- > hold the belief they really care about and like you.
I'm not sure this is ever a pre-requisite; this expectation might cause you to distrust the very thing that might help you. A therapist is a guide, not a friend. I have to dig up the studies (or feel free to google), but it's been shown that just going through a script produces measurable benefits on aggregate, regardless of the therapists' shortcomings. There's an analogy to physiotherapy. In physio, you're doing the work under a coach's care -- doesn't matter how you feel about the coach as long as the prescribed techniques are correct. Results will come.
Depending on your situation, you can even do CBT on yourself and see measurable benefits (Mind over Mood by Greenberger/Padesky is the usual recommendation; however YMMV -- not all pathologies respond to CBT). Not to say that there isn't a benefit to a truly empathetic therapist (there is -- you need someone you feel comfortable opening up to), but a suspension of disbelief seems to me to not be necessary. (source: personal experience)
- The Australian website "mood gym" has an evidence base and is sometimes recommended by English NHS therapists. https://moodgym.com.au/
The book "Mind over mood" is also recommended by English NHS therapists: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mind-Over-Mood-Second-Changing/dp/1...
The NHS has a page of apps. I don't have much experience with these, but the page does tell you how they assess apps: https://www.nhs.uk/apps-library/category/mental-health/
Good luck!
- Avoid the drugs. They alter your brain, deadening it and stop you being as good at your job. I'd recommend a book called Mind Over Mood. https://www.mindovermood.com
I was told: When you find yourself thinking dark thoughts just stop doing it. It's that easy to fix depression, and also that ridiculously hard. Crack it though and you're sorted for life.
Throw away the symptomatic crutch and address the root causes. It's the engineering way.
