Well I think we have a lot on common so I will tell you the self help that helped me. These are the four that I go back to over and over again. I bet your saying... well then how did these books help? Well I was a lot worse before.

"Do it" lets get off our butts: very inspiring book of quotes and slogans to motivate you. For me this book has been the only thing I look to when I need encouragement. The guy who wrote it died in 2000 and I suspect every word was sort of his "last lecture". It is plain and non verbose.

Full Catastrophe Living by John Kabat Zinn: I actually picked this up for anxiety but it offers just in general and entirely different way of looking things that was just really helpful. It is based on buddhist teachings and I thought that was loon tune stuff when I picked it up but.. now it all seems so right on.

The Power of Now really crazy book but I think also really wise. Basically he suggests that there is a mind and there is a brain. And your brain is trying to destroy you. And you are your mind. Basically you don't have to listen to your brain... you are you, and you don't have to be associated with it. This book was revolutionary for me.

The Mind and the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force this one is really science like but I enjoyed it. Basically this is a science book about how it has been proven that your mind and your brain are not the same thing. And how you can physically change your brain via thought. So like they cite a study that shows people with OCD. One group did cognitive behavior, one got drugs, and one did therapy. Only the group with cognitive behavior (change in thinking) showed changes in the brain with pet scans.

I think the buddhist type books would be helpful for you because you say you struggle with feelings. For the most part they helped me chill with feelings. I could have them.., know they were there... and not judge or hate myself for having them. I kind of became like Spock. I assume these would be good for your commute to school.