Ask HN: What book changed your life?
First and foremost: The Bible. Not the watered down &quot;everybody goes to heaven&quot; theology that most people subscribe to, but rather an evidence based approach that uses the Bible to interpret itself as it was designed to do.<p>Secondarily, this book saved my life in the sense that it helped me understand my depression, a clinical depression so deep that my psychologist had never seen such a thing previously:<p>Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Stephen C. Hayes <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B0054M063A&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.amazon.com&#x2F;dp&#x2F;B0054M063A&#x2F;</a><p>Its scientific approach to understanding our own thought patterns gave me control- coping mechanisms- for dealing with my own feelings instead of ignoring (&quot;Burying&quot;) them and letting them slowly destroy me from the inside out.