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"Many of us are experiencing life in a 'lifeless' manner."
"Your past is only a figment of your imagination and so is your future. The only moment that is real is right now."
"To break free from unhappiness you have to bring yourself back to the present. You must realize that your past is no longer here--it's over. It exists only within your own thinking. It was real then, but now, it's only a part of your imagination."
"If you believe that your thinking is something that happens to you--instead of something that you are doing to create an experience of life--it is impossible for you to live in the present moment."
"True happiness occurs when you quiet down your analytical mind..."
"Your though always create your emotions"
"Attending therapy frequently don't make one happy. They only make clients brood about how miserable their lives are."
"Depression is the result of faulty thinking habits."
"Problems, regardless of their source, are actually exacerbated by prolonged examination."
"Happiness and mental health can instead be achieved by 'making a commitment to happiness'; and by intercepting and halting negative thoughts immediately and replacing them with more positive, mood-lifting thoughts."
"Our thoughts create our perception of life."
"Negative people don't see their thoughts as thoughts, they see them as reality, as important."
These are some of the key quotes from the book which uses theories based on the "Psychology of Mind". You can read more about this new branch of psychotherapy here.
Don't be fooled by this deceptively simple and easy-to-understand book, "You Can Feel Good Again: Common-Sense Strategies for Releasing Unhappiness and Changing Your Life". It is full of wisdom, comforting and reassuring advice. This Dr. Carlson's book is no pop psychology approaches to mental health.