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Planning Self-Improvement: Productivity

Eating Disorders and Refeeding

Self-Harm Resources

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Self-Help Books

If any download link does not work in your country, consider using Tor as a workaround! If you don't know how to download a book from libgen, just ask. If enough people ask I will add a guide.

  • The Post-Traumatic Growth Guide, Arielle Schwartz
    • ISBN: 9781683732679
    • libgen (PDF)
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • Self-help book on trauma recovery written in an interactive, engaging format.
  • Unmasking Autism : Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity, Devon Price, Harmony/Rodale
    • ISBN: 9780593235249, 9780593235232
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • Autistic author's insider perspective on autism, with a particular focus on masked autism, where people (often without knowing) suppress autistic traits to pass as neurotypical.
  • I Hate You — Don't Leave Me: Third Edition: Understanding the Borderline Personality, Jerold J. Kreisman, Hal Straus, 3rd Ed.
    • ISBN: 0593418492, 9780593418499
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • Guide to understanding borderline personality disorder with advice for communicating with and helping the borderline individuals in your life - usesful for those affected, too!
  • The Borderline Personality Disorder Workbook, Daniel J. Fox
    • ISBN: 1684032733, 978-1684032730
    • d-pdf.com (PDF)
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • libgen (PDF)
    • From the blurb: "Rather than utilizing a one-size-fits-all treatment, this groundbreaking and comprehensive workbook meets you whereyou are on your therapeutic journey, and provides an integrative approach to treating BPD drawing on evidence-based dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and interpersonal therapy. With this compassionate workbook, you’ll gain a greater understanding of your BPD, uncover your own emotional triggers, and discover your own personal motivators for positive change."
  • Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists
    • ISBN: 039370646X, 9780393706468
    • libgen (PDF)
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • From the blurb: "This training manual for patients who have a trauma-related dissociative disorder includes short educational pieces, homework sheets, and exercises that address ways in which dissociation interferes with essential emotional and life skills, and support inner communication and collaboration with dissociative parts of the personality."
  • Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find – and Keep – Love, Amir Levine, Rachel Heller
    • ISBN: 1585428485, 9781585428489
    • libgen (PDF)
    • libgen (EPUB)
    • Self help book introducing different techniques to approach interpersonal relationships. It divides attachment into different styles (such as anxious, avoidant, and stable), giving examples of what each one is, how that plays out in various scenarios (both romantic and otherwise), how that plays out internally and in relations between the types.
    • Comment provided by recommendee: The advice was actionable and I could see that, if someone undertook them, they would go from someone who is dissatisfied with their relationships to someone, if not immediately and miraculously successful would be able to say "This is because of this. I know that now. I can do this and get something different or make peace with it in this way and devote my energy elsewhere."
  • The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out, J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain
    • ISBN: 0415815886, 9780415815888
    • amas.hk (PDF)
    • libgen (PDF)
    • supplemental presentation slides
      • targeted at docs, can be a neat overview or refresher after if you're into the jargon
    • From the blurb: "A central source of frustration for most adults with ADHD is that they know what they need to do but they have difficulties turning their intentions into actions. These difficulties also interfere with their ability to use self-help books and to get the most out of psychosocial treatments that provide coping strategies that promise to improve their functioning. [...] The Adult ADHD Tool Kit: Using CBT to Facilitate Coping Inside and Out is a coping guide for adults living with ADHD, one that does not just present useful coping strategies but also provides specific tactics designed to help readers implement these skills in their daily lives and brings them to life in a user-friendly format. The authors discuss many different settings in which ADHD may cause difficulties, including work, school, matters of physical health and well-being, and the issue of excessive use of technology."

If any download link does not work in your country, consider using Tor as a workaround! If you don't know how to download a book from libgen, just ask. If enough people ask I will add a guide.

  • Exercise, diet, weight loss/gain: >>>/fit/70348194 (sticky)
  • Butt building: Strong Curves: A Woman's Guide To Building A Better Butt And Body, Victory Belt Publishing
    • ISBN: 1936608642, 9781936608645
    • libgen
    • cloudflare link: (EPUB)
  • Cookbook: The Silver Spoon, Phaidon Press
    • ISBN: 0714845310, 9780714845319
    • libgen
    • A solid cook book with recipes of all difficulties, explaining a great deal of cooking-related language. Plenty of recipes of all difficulties, do not get overwhelmed by the sheer volume.

Get started with weight loss

Courtesy of /fit/fat/.

What do I do first?

  1. Read https://physiqonomics.com/fat-loss/
  2. Calculate your Body Fat Percentage: https://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy
  3. Calculate your TDEE: https://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/
    • Remember to use bodyfat% and use Katch-McArdle Formula with sedentary settings or your TDEE will be too high.
  4. Plan your weight loss: https://www.losertown.org/eats/cal.php
  5. Track your nutrition with LoseIt, Cronometer or Waistline (Open Source)

/tttt/rans Resources

Trans specific resources on top of the health and fitness resources above.

Other Books

This section is dedicated to books that, while not self-help books or technical resources, helped people get better. What that can entail is a deeply personal matter, but remember there are more than enough people just like you. Don't shy away from recommending those that were good for you.

If any download link does not work in your country, consider using Tor as a workaround! If you don't know how to download a book from libgen, just ask. If enough people ask I will add a guide.

  • Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
    • ISBN: 067166736X, 9780671667368
    • internet archive (PDF, EPUB)
    • libgen (PDF)
    • Comment provided by recommendee: Its about Frankl's experiences in a concentration camp and what kept him clinging to life when many of his fellow inmates gave up or killed themselves. He talks about how he gave himself hope for the future, of seeing his wife again, of continuing his practice in psychology and completing his book. He took Netzchie's principle that "he who has a why to live can bear with almost any how" and used that to survive the harsh years in the camp. He saved himself by giving himself hope for the future. Its a very powerful book and strong advice I'd give to those in despair.

Useful Videos and Media

A few short overview videos:

YouTube Channels

Other Resources (under review)

The following resources are under review, I haven't had the time to read them. If anyone did, let me know what you thought so I can "promote" them.

Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR5n2H6Jehg (Alan Watts) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCJ0R6vAUnw (Marsha Linehan)

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