I realise that the door into Self Compassion and Mindfulness was "The Mindful Way Through Depression" I listened to that audio book many, many times, and it's major focus for me, was noticing the ways in which they listed and went through depressive thinking - and how common the themes are. I also found "Feeling Good" by David Burns really helpful for busting distorted cognitions. I realise those books helped me in reining in the distorted thinking patterns, and without that I couldn't do the Self Compassion and Mindfulness. I wouldn't have the life I have today.