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Do We Have a “Self?” / Truth vs. Happiness

Do We Have a “Self?” / Truth vs. Happiness

Hi Dr. Burns, Being as you love my questions here is another. It is a heavy philosophical one but don’t feel the need to give a long answer. The question is: Should we believe what is true or what makes us happy? Albert Ellis, in his book “the Myth of Self...
Is Happiness a Distortion?

Is Happiness a Distortion?

Hi Dr. David Burns, I am confused about the idea that depression and anxiety result from distorted thoughts. For example, you say that anxiety always results from the distortion called Fortune Telling—making unrealistic negative predictions that something terrible is...