Are there any self help books worth reading?

[shampoo sniffer]

Title.

Most of the ones I've bought just spend chapters and chapters talking about how amazing their advice is, and I just get fed up of reading and put the book down.

 

[tarnishedstoner]

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
The Discourses by Epictetus
It's philosophy, not exactly self help but see if you like it.

 

[Forever Sleep]

I personally found 'The Power of Now' helpful- by Eckart Tolle. It was ages ago I read it though.

 

[Dejected 55]

From a philosophical perspective... is it "self-help" if you read a book written by someone else? Is it self-help if you need help finding that book in the first place?

Not a critique of the OP... just an interesting philosophical angle that I've always considered...

 

[KenDuh]

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

 

[sonnyw]

Title.

Most of the ones I've bought just spend chapters and chapters talking about how amazing their advice is, and I just get fed up of reading and put the book down.

EXACTLY. That's the same way I feel about them. I believe a good fiction book, like a Dostoevskij novel, can teach you way more than a self help book can.

 

[Dot]

https://thefuckitlife.com/books/therapy/

 

[ipmanwc0]

Read a bunch, would recommend based on ur issues though

 

[leangenerator]

Currently reading Good Vibes, Good Life cuz i got it for £1 and it's pretty good…? General consensus seems to be that it's shallow and dubious but I personally am finding it kind of therapeutic (?)

 

[camusfan_ig]

Myth of Sisyphus, not excatly "self help" since it's technically philosophy, but it's helped me.

 

[m1v]

The Obstacle Is The Way. It's about moving through things one step at the time, it has helped me when i was feeling "stuck". Much love <3

 

[WrathfulGloom32]

Idk, maybe books about feminism? veganism? ultra processed foods? I don't really read but self help books seem totally useless to me. I'd rather read up and learn how to be a better person to the beings around me. That helps me personally, I know it helps, so I'm reading more about how to do that.

 

[RosebyAnyName]

Honestly this isn't an easy question to answer because it depends on the reason a person is suffering in the first place. One book that helped me understand my experiences is Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay Gibson. It's a book outlining certain forms of emotional neglect, but it probably won't help someone who isn't suffering due to emotional neglect.