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Jabber_dean

Good self help bool recommendations

Advice Wanted

I posted on here a while ago about counseling not helping much and needing a new therapist. I'm still trying to get in with someone else at my local behavioral health clinic (the only place in town that is affordable). Since it's already been 2 weeks since I dropped my therapist and have been waiting for a new one I was thinking in the meantime I might try a few self help books, or books in that realm. I think books around addict and mentally Ill caregivers and trauma in that vein would be an interesting read for me and self-help books regarding relearning stuff I should have learned when I was younger (like CBT type stuff) , working through trauma, and maybe living with ADHD type self help books as well.

I could really use anything, I'm not doing too well mentally, and I'm really falling behind on all my adult tasks. I really need something to change. I've been doing what I can that I know should help (being more active, trying to socialize and not isolate, *trying* to keep my space tidy) I'm medicated as well and really...I'm just not doing better. I WANT to be better, and i'm trying to make the steps the be better, but i don't think I'm equipped enough to know what to do from here on my own.

Posted Apr 5, 2026, 10:22 AM UTC

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