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Why Am I So DAMN Unhappy?: And What to Do About It

James Downton, Jr., PhD, aka Dr. Bob, The Happiness Coach
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2008)
ISBN 9781934759028
Reviewed by Gina Holland for Rebeccas Reads (3/08)

You go to the store, and you pick up this self-help book.  What will this one do for me you ask yourself?  Self-help books usually give us advice; they make us feel a little better every time we read something that applies to us. “Why Am I So DAMN Unhappy?” is one of those books. Dr. Bob’s book of self-help keeps you reading to find out if there are more answers for you and more ways to help yourself.  The author of this book shows the humorous and honest side of therapy sessions along with great ideas to help you get through trying times. Telling the story as Dr. Bob, The Happiness Coach, was an added plus. Also, the way that the story is formatted makes it all very interesting as well. It is written more like a play would be written, letting us know who is saying what and why.

In my opinion, this book will be helpful to teenagers and adults. Upon reading this book, I found some unique and exciting ways to deal with my personal issues as well. I could relate to a lot of things in “Why Am I So DAMN Unhappy?” I have often had problems with feeling like I am on guilt trips and with emotional fears. The book showed me ways in which to be able to understand how to use certain techniques to help myself. There were some very good ideas in which I was able to practice, and they worked! The ideas and imaginations, of certain famous movie stars coming to life to talk to the patients, were excellent! It surely motivated the patients to strive harder to fix their problems. Dr. Bob also focused on helping people to learn not to look at everything in a negative light, and to put their thoughts more into positive light, so that life can bring more positive things and not so much negative.

I implore you to find this book, “Why Am I So DAMN Unhappy?” and to read it all the way through, and to see how satisfying and completely helpful it can be. It’s not often an author puts humor into self-help books, and in this case, it worked out very well. Dr. Bob teaches you confidence, different ways of bringing more positive into your life, and he brings back the joy into reading as well.

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