Telling Yourself the Truth

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Summary: AMAZON MADE REVIEWER MISTAKE
Review: I wrote a review for Telling Yourself the Truth by William Backus entitled INSIDIOUS DECEPTION, but AMAZON.COM said the reviewer's name was VANGUARD. Please correct!!!! Thank you, Gerard Carrier; [e-mail]

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Summary: Telling Your Self the Truth
Review: Life changing, Backus reveals the truth about what we think and say to ourselves... as a man thinkth so is he! What a gift to myself (and others) in reading and applying this to my daily living! Highly recommend to anyone who is interested in learning and growing! Cindy from Idaho

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Summary: Wow
Review: Probably one of the best self-help books you could possibly read. This was recommended to me by a friend to help me deal with a relationship, and it has gone far beyond that. Not only can I deal with my relationship now, I can deal with all aspects of life. I have a choice in how, with the Lord's help, I deal with EVERYTHINIG. I can choose to be angry or not. I can choose to be sad or not. Please, go buy this book!!

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Summary: Awesome
Review: Read this book even if you don't think you have any problems with depression or self-esteem. Don't just read this book, but work through it. The misbelief therapy has helped thousands of people and it can help you too. How do you view yourself? What have you been telling yourself? and why? Read this book and take a big step forward to a new level of freedom in Christ. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is human.

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Summary: Impressed not depressed.
Review: Reading this book, was a catalyst for me to be set free of depression which had a hold of me for nearly two years. Thank God for William Backus and Marie Chapian.

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Summary: Misbeliefs be gone
Review: Telling Yourself the Truth has been a book that has gone a long way toward helping me retrain my thinking. I'm starting to see that so much of our reactions to life arise out of the self-talk that goes on inside our own heads. Unfortunately, a lot of that self talk is based upon our past experiences and hurts and we tend to see every situation filtered through those past events. But a lot of the time, this filter that we use doesn't apply and thus it creates a lie or misbelief. Telling Yourself the Truth helps set us free from these misbeliefs and starts helping us see things without the chains from our past.

In my case, I have been struggling with recovering from a divorce. Having failed in marriage, I had conditioned my thinking about relationships and marriage with the feelings of failure and a fear that any relationship was doom to failure. I was afraid to try again and afraid to even be vulnerable. Teaching myself to tell myself the truth and not buy into the fear and doubt and lies of my self talk is a journey that I've begun with the help of this book.

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Summary: Misbeliefs be gone
Review: Telling Yourself the Truth has been a book that has gone a long way toward helping me retrain my thinking. I'm starting to see that so much of our reactions to life arise out of the self-talk that goes on inside our own heads. Unfortunately, a lot of that self talk is based upon our past experiences and hurts and we tend to see every situation filtered through those past events. But a lot of the time, this filter that we use doesn't apply and thus it creates a lie or misbelief. Telling Yourself the Truth helps set us free from these misbeliefs and starts helping us see things without the chains from our past.

In my case, I have been struggling with recovering from a divorce. Having failed in marriage, I had conditioned my thinking about relationships and marriage with the feelings of failure and a fear that any relationship was doom to failure. I was afraid to try again and afraid to even be vulnerable. Teaching myself to tell myself the truth and not buy into the fear and doubt and lies of my self talk is a journey that I've begun with the help of this book.

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Summary: ABSOLUTELY A MUST- READ
Review: This book was given to me, by my Pastor, nineteen years ago after I suffered an immense personal tragedy. I have read and re-read it a dozen times and continue to be amazed by it's healing and straight-forward approach. No matter what situation you find yourself in, this book can help you evaluate your emotions honestly and bring clarity. THIS IS THE GREATEST TOOL FOR OVERCOMING DEPRESSION I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS.

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Summary: ABSOLUTELY A MUST- READ
Review: This book was given to me, by my Pastor, nineteen years ago after I suffered an immense personal tragedy. I have read and re-read it a dozen times and continue to be amazed by it's healing and straight-forward approach. No matter what situation you find yourself in, this book can help you evaluate your emotions honestly and bring clarity. THIS IS THE GREATEST TOOL FOR OVERCOMING DEPRESSION I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS.

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Summary: Truth Liberates
Review: To improve the quality of your life improve your thought life. The truth sets you free from depression, guilty, confusion, and anxiety. This book shows you how to replace self-defeating thoughts with healthy thoughts that build you up. It is based on principles from the Bible.
We're told early in the book, "you'll believe what you tell yourself" (p. 18). Consequently it is important not to be decieved. Self-deception can hold a person back from living the abundant life Jesus sacrificed to give us.
In laying the background for the rest of the book, he tells us on page 21:
"In emotional and mental health, what you believe is all important. It makes a difference what you believe. Other people, circumstances, events and material things are not what make you happy. What you believe about these things is what makes you happy or unhappy."
Actions grow out of beliefs. You will behave, based on what you believe. In fact, the chemicals in the physcial brain are affected by the thoughts one thinks.
Chapter 3 does a masterful job of explaining how negative thoughts are deceptive. In the chapter's summary, he writes, "Remember, any thoughts that reflect hopelessness, desperation, hate, fear, bitterness, jealousy, or envy are the words and thoughts generated by demonic falsehood" (p. 35).
Chapter 5 contains a nugget on effective prayer, "Instead of praying the problem, pray the answer" (p. 61).
The book takes a negativity and exaimes how it is a deception. For example, anger or fear. As a person realizes the truth, the negative is replaced with the positive.
Read this book and grow healthy mentally.