Not therapist either, have seen this first hand a couple of times. CBT is what I remember talking a lot about in school. Although, I wonder if it's more effect

Not therapist either, have seen this first hand a couple of times. CBT is what I remember talking a lot about in school. Although, I wonder if it's more effective for situational behaviors (being on an airplane, sleep, etc) rather than emotional state as part of one's existence. He seems to employ CBT like behaviors in what he does though, which seems to work for him. I do agree with your observations. My only criticism is that most people probably don't experience what the author does on a day to day basis. It can be trivializing a real problem in mental health to say that it does.