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“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” — https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/02/03/you-can/

An effective form of 'treatment' for depression/anxiety is to recognize that negative feels often don't come first, but rather we are doing actions that cause them, so you should do the positive things and this will reduce one's negative emotions:

* https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54930681-feeling-great

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I've read Burns and I understand what you're trying to say, but that's one of those things that's true but oversimplified to the point of being off-putting. And in and of itself it's not enough: you have to know the full rationale behind CBT.

And maybe more importantly, not everyone benefits from CBT! Sometimes people are unhappy because there's deep emotional work they need to do first.

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