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I'm not usually sensitive to repetition, and often see books of this nature talked about as repetitive when I feel their examples are broad and varied. This book is an exception. Many concepts are repeated with relatively little variation, many times. However, I believe this is intentional due to the intent of this book.
The core concept here (and of the cognitive behavioral therapy approach it's built to explain/complement) is to replace harmful patterns of thought with healthier counters and to short circuit harmful loops. Repetition is necessarily part of that, and there's some evidence* that reading the book itself constitutes a moderately effective treatment for depression. Because I believe the repetition and punching you in the face with the "obvious" at times are deliberate and for valid reasons, I wouldn't dock the book for it, but for me personally, I would have liked it edited down slightly.
*https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20803165/
I'm not usually sensitive to repetition, and often see books of this nature talked about as repetitive when I feel their examples are broad and varied. This book is an exception. Many concepts are repeated with relatively little variation, many times. However, I believe this is intentional due to the intent of this book.
The core concept here (and of the cognitive behavioral therapy approach it's built to explain/complement) is to replace harmful patterns of thought with healthier counters and to short circuit harmful loops. Repetition is necessarily part of that, and there's some evidence* that reading the book itself constitutes a moderately effective treatment for depression. Because I believe the repetition and punching you in the face with the "obvious" at times are deliberate and for valid reasons, I wouldn't dock the book for it, but for me personally, I would have liked it edited down slightly.
*https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20803165/