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# The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living

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This empowering self-help book reveals how popular happiness ideas mislead, and how mindfulness skills reduce stress, manage emotions, and improve well-being.

Review: Underrated! - I felt compelled to review this as seeing four stars for a book like this boggles my mind. I've had a generalised anxiety disorder since 15 and had a nervous breakdown five months ago with intense anxiety, I had to be checked in to a mental health hospital to recover, you'd think that I didn't know anything about psychology to get into that state, but I've read an almost silly amount. With this book and other ACT books I am now doing better than ever in my life and am grateful for what I went through, as it led me to a life philosophy I will never give up on, in fact I've only just started living at 24 thanks to this. I must have bought every book with even a grain of wisdom on this whole site! That was just adding to the problem, by constantly telling my brain that this anxiety is not acceptable I was just sending messages of how dangerous this anxiety was and the cycle never broke no matter how much insight I got into my own mind. This book explains brilliantly and in simple terms how to get out of this trap, if you follow the advice and actually act on it then you can't fail to enhance your life. ACT is definitely borrowed from Buddhism which seems to bug some people, like they stole it or something, which is bizarre. I really don't think the Buddha would be complaining about how his wisdom is being passed on in a different way more appropriate for people with genuine mental health problems. And one reviewers mention of this book's "political correctness" warps my mind, I genuinely have no idea what he's even referring to. Also I'd say that any form of therapy that works incorporates something the Buddha said as he essentially did figure out the crux of human suffering, so whether they notice it or not they will be repeating his theories for a modern age. The word buddhism has a stigma, that despite it's efficiency, turns some people off. Therapy has to stay away from that so as not to alienate people. All I can say is that I've bought probably 100 + books on therapy or ancient wisdom or philosophy and gave them my full attention and all that did was make things worse, had I found this book and realised buying books was part of the problem I could have lived a much fuller life up to this point. Russ Harris reads like a genuinely nice, down to earth guy and this book is also great for people without mental health problems that just want to cope with life a bit better. Don't make the same mistake I made!
Review: A Bridge Between Spirituality & Psychology - For me this book serves as a very practical guide to, as the name suggests, living a happy life. I spent 5 years in the military and at the age of 25 left and realised that I didn't really know how to live a happy life. I'd had the job and money but still felt 'unfulfilled', what next. I travelled for 3 years and spent 2 of those years learning about and incorporating Buddhism into my life. Buddhism provided a lot of clarity in life for me as well as extremely useful 'habits' that have improved my quality of life greatly. However, once I returned to the UK I found myself feeling unhappy and unfulfilled once again. Reading Russ's book has helped me understand a lot of the why's to this and be able to do something about it. I think most if not all of the answers and teachings I needed are within Buddhism, but sometimes navigating your way through something like Buddhism can be a slow and arduous task (especially without a teacher). I found the Happiness trap plugged that gap very effectively for me. If I'm honest I felt like I was reading Buddhist literature for most of the book, but in a much easier way to understand for a western brain. It's helped me be aware of thing I wasn't aware of before from Buddhism such as trying to avoid certain feelings and emotions and the challenges that was creating for me in my life. I also thoroughly enjoyed the third part of the book about creating a meaningful life, especially the values part of the book. All in all this is an excellent book that I would highly recommend to anyone who is quite analytical and wants to understand more about the mind, happiness and living a meaningful life. In a quick summary, I'd explain the book as a combination of mindful awareness and practical living training. I think books that are similar to or complement this book are: - The Way of The Peaceful Warrior (more of a story format for someone who is struggling but doesn't want such practical step by step guidance yet) - The Art Of Happiness - Psycho Cybernetics

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 29,169 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 877 in Practical & Motivational Self Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,551 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Underrated!
*by O***O on 25 August 2011*

I felt compelled to review this as seeing four stars for a book like this boggles my mind. I've had a generalised anxiety disorder since 15 and had a nervous breakdown five months ago with intense anxiety, I had to be checked in to a mental health hospital to recover, you'd think that I didn't know anything about psychology to get into that state, but I've read an almost silly amount. With this book and other ACT books I am now doing better than ever in my life and am grateful for what I went through, as it led me to a life philosophy I will never give up on, in fact I've only just started living at 24 thanks to this. I must have bought every book with even a grain of wisdom on this whole site! That was just adding to the problem, by constantly telling my brain that this anxiety is not acceptable I was just sending messages of how dangerous this anxiety was and the cycle never broke no matter how much insight I got into my own mind. This book explains brilliantly and in simple terms how to get out of this trap, if you follow the advice and actually act on it then you can't fail to enhance your life. ACT is definitely borrowed from Buddhism which seems to bug some people, like they stole it or something, which is bizarre. I really don't think the Buddha would be complaining about how his wisdom is being passed on in a different way more appropriate for people with genuine mental health problems. And one reviewers mention of this book's "political correctness" warps my mind, I genuinely have no idea what he's even referring to. Also I'd say that any form of therapy that works incorporates something the Buddha said as he essentially did figure out the crux of human suffering, so whether they notice it or not they will be repeating his theories for a modern age. The word buddhism has a stigma, that despite it's efficiency, turns some people off. Therapy has to stay away from that so as not to alienate people. All I can say is that I've bought probably 100 + books on therapy or ancient wisdom or philosophy and gave them my full attention and all that did was make things worse, had I found this book and realised buying books was part of the problem I could have lived a much fuller life up to this point. Russ Harris reads like a genuinely nice, down to earth guy and this book is also great for people without mental health problems that just want to cope with life a bit better. Don't make the same mistake I made!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Bridge Between Spirituality & Psychology
*by A***R on 22 July 2021*

For me this book serves as a very practical guide to, as the name suggests, living a happy life. I spent 5 years in the military and at the age of 25 left and realised that I didn't really know how to live a happy life. I'd had the job and money but still felt 'unfulfilled', what next. I travelled for 3 years and spent 2 of those years learning about and incorporating Buddhism into my life. Buddhism provided a lot of clarity in life for me as well as extremely useful 'habits' that have improved my quality of life greatly. However, once I returned to the UK I found myself feeling unhappy and unfulfilled once again. Reading Russ's book has helped me understand a lot of the why's to this and be able to do something about it. I think most if not all of the answers and teachings I needed are within Buddhism, but sometimes navigating your way through something like Buddhism can be a slow and arduous task (especially without a teacher). I found the Happiness trap plugged that gap very effectively for me. If I'm honest I felt like I was reading Buddhist literature for most of the book, but in a much easier way to understand for a western brain. It's helped me be aware of thing I wasn't aware of before from Buddhism such as trying to avoid certain feelings and emotions and the challenges that was creating for me in my life. I also thoroughly enjoyed the third part of the book about creating a meaningful life, especially the values part of the book. All in all this is an excellent book that I would highly recommend to anyone who is quite analytical and wants to understand more about the mind, happiness and living a meaningful life. In a quick summary, I'd explain the book as a combination of mindful awareness and practical living training. I think books that are similar to or complement this book are: - The Way of The Peaceful Warrior (more of a story format for someone who is struggling but doesn't want such practical step by step guidance yet) - The Art Of Happiness - Psycho Cybernetics

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you over think, check this book out
*by J***S on 8 March 2013*

It is too easy to be gushing with these sort of reviews and claim that a book has changed my life, I will refrain from doing so. However, I have always been one to over think situations, and have always been told by my peers to 'let go' or 'just accept' what is happening to me. I guess I always struggled with actually how I implemented those processes, I didn't know how. This book has several techniques, using something called ACT, which have really helped me to accept what emotions I am feeling, rather than struggling against them. Yes I still get stressed, yes, i still get angry, yes, i still have moments of low self confidence. However, this book equips you with ways that really help you live with these emotions. This is different to other books I have read which claim you must get rid of these emotions, or 'think positively'. To me this book is much more realistic in its scope. After practice, I'm told, you will be able to accept what is happening without really thinking about the techniques or processes. I found this useful. I understand why others may not. If you are a chronic over-thinker, i'd check it out!

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