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Originally Posted by Oceanwave
If self-help books really helped there wouldn't be much need for publishing more and more new ones. Give therapy a go, if you can! Reading books is a very different experience to getting feedback and perspective from another human being.
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There are a lot of books other than self-help books. Many stories from people who have "been there". Different kinds of "there". I found those quite helpful. At one time I went to the public library and just started going through the biographies, from the letter 'A' on, picking ones that looked interesting. Got a lot of help that way.
Other psychology books too, such as
A General Theory of Love, and
Understanding The Borderline Mother. Helped me. Then I started on Hitler and Stalin!
Those helped too.
Then there are books such as
The Evolution of God and others on the history of religions. Lots to learn.