First of all, it doesn't say ignore the feeling. It is about not relying on feelings to do what needs to be done. If you spend your whole life waiting to feel in the mood to do something, you will be waiting a long time.

Secondly, I didn't say this theory worked for everybody all of the time. I was responding to a friend who I thought would find value in this.

To Mastadon:

There is nothing in this world or the therapeutic world that works for everybody all of the time. It doesn't mean that those things don't have value. If talk therapy works for you, then go ahead, spend your time talking to somebody else. It doesn't mean you have to reject everything else.

You said, "But when you do the thing you don't feel like doing, and feel a million times worse afterwards, then it doesn't really matter what some author claims in a book that has nothing to do with you or your life.".

When has anybody ever done something they didn't want to do and felt a million times worse? The answer, never. Keep in mind too that an author of a book could also be a therapist you value talking to. You don't have to tear other people or other theories down to build yourself or the theory you find works up.