Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller 2022

This book feels like a long, warm hug in the chilling winters, a shoulder you can cry on, your therapist, your friend, all in one. I don't usually engage with self-help books, but the journal prompts and the psychological aspects changed my mindset for this one. This book provides all the necessary details that should've been told to you beforehand. There's guidance, support and a healing energy radiating from this book. Amazing read!

I wish it was possible to give a book 10 stars! The explanations of how our brain works, what are emotions and how they influence us, how and why we judge / doubt ourselves in the various daily situations that we find ourselves in, and how (and why) we arent the bad/incompetent/wrong/foolish/terrible/stupid... people we judge ourselves to be... This book broke down so many judgements of myself that even i didn't know i had and helped me look at myself with more compassion and gentleness, all without even going for therapy! I hope all of us read this early on in our lives and keep coming back to it to remind ourselves of what we know to be true but ignore. Read and start implementing this - you and your your life will thank you for it! (the ending seemed a little abrupt, but doesn't take away anything from the book 😄)

I would Recommend this book to everyone.very good book

excellent book for understanding urself

Loved the simplicity of concepts

Everyone needs to read this book. Especially parents who are in a pressure to handle themselves and parenting at the same time. Helps us to reduce the conflict within us AND also we know exactly how to deal with kids emotions and groom them. It may feel heavy to read as you introspect and connect yourselves. But let me tell you, it helps a lot once you understand yourself. And same time help kids to be self aware. I am happy that I picked this book in the right time/phase of my life. Also I dont think I will pick another book in this category because this has answered my questions. READ and INTROSPECT. Give yourself some time!

As you can clearly notice in attached photo, the pages inside book looking weired, has wavey pattern.

Isolation. Restriction. Vigilance. Anxiety. Aggravation. The soul-sucking misery of unwanted change. We hear a lot about the coronavirus - its physical symptoms, its medical dangers, the residual effects of severe infection - but we hear next to nothing about the stress of living through an ongoing pandemic. Set the virus aside for a moment. Merely enduring the day-to-day of it all has been extremely hard. The psychological strain? Crushing. And many of the remedies for psychological strain (join a gym, take a class, visit loved ones, get a hug) have been forbidden to us for great stretches of time. This is worth someone's attention, and if the government isn't going to give it any, if the media isn't going to give it any, if Dr. Fauci has his hands full, then I guess we're on our own. For my part, I'll be advancing this book. It's not about the pandemic. It's eight chapters of what our author rightly refers to as "a mental health toolbox." The topics covered are: dark places, motivation, emotional pain, grief, self-doubt, fear, stress, living a meaningful life. And she tells you right up front to skip to the section you need. The rest of the text will wait. She's also straight about exactly what you can expect from her. No cures available, just the means you'll need to persevere until Life loosens up that stranglehold a bit. This is purely pragmatic stuff. What to do to change how you feel. How to calm anxiety right now. How to respond to failure. The importance of routine. I think my favorite part dealt with self-criticism. It was a simple line at the top of Page 159: "if you want a man to get up off the ground, you have to stop beating him." That's just sort of exceptional, you know? So five fat, happy stars for this god-send of a book that will remain in my house on a shelf somewhere…..possibly for the rest of my life.

I enjoyed this book. It’s well laid out and easy to read. The writer covers enough topics to get you started and going on a mental heath journey. What I found most useful was her look at values. It did get me started on thinking about my own values and from what she explored I started to understand I did value the values of fairness and bravery. There’s also a great section regarding anxiety. I only went through anxiety mildly but going through and writing as encouraged questions asked in that section did help me explore some of my issues. I’m glad I got it and would recommend to have or gift. It’s lovely, useful and safe.

Orjinal kitap. Sipariş ettiğim günün ertesi günü elime tertemiz ve sorunsuz ulaştı. Kitabın kendisi kapağı cildi orjinal. Çok memnun kaldım. Teşekkür ederim İK.

Excellent book. Highly recommend it

Of all the self-help books I’ve read, this is the one that felt it will actually help. I love the way the author puts it like ‘my goal with this book is to share therapy techniques for those who do not have access to therapy’. She explains different challenges we all have to face and then offers different tips and techniques on how to navigate them. Are there new never-heard-off techniques? Not really. All are things we all know (or at least have heard) but it’s good to see why they work and how they work. Good to have this reminder because change happens through repetition, not ideation.

This is not your typical self help book, it’s written by a therapist who shares the tools she actually uses in the therapy room with her clients. Things that actually work - and what doesn’t. For someone who doesn’t have the time or the money to go to therapy, or just wondering how to better understand and live with their emotions, this book is a must read.