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Today we answer six questions submitted by listeners like you:

1. Harald: How can I find the Show Notes for the Feeling Good Podcasts?
2. Kristin: How do you help patients who obsess about past traumatic events, with intrusive thoughts about a cruel ex-lover or bullying by classmates? These thoughts can feed into the idea that their life is miserable and\\xa0 they can\\u2019t move forward because they feel blocked by these harmful memories.
3. Valentina: How are cognitive distortions, self-defeating beliefs, and feelings of depression transmitted? What you describe in your books seems to describe my mother\\u2019s behaviors when I was growing up? Could it be that depression is transmitted by the family?
4. Alicia: How would you treat someone with cyclothymic disorder who cycles between euphoria and suicidal depression? He\\u2019s happy now, so how do I get him to fill out the Daily Mood Log?
5. Kathy: I\\u2019m a big fan, and I have a question about \\u201cbibliotherapy.\\u201d What\\u2019s the best way to use your books and other materials to help yourself?
6. Matthew: Do you ever use drugs in the treatment of depression? Are medications sometimes necessary or helpful?

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