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Brett Polar is an intoxicating roller-coaster ride that will leave you as much elated as devastated. It is engaging, empowering, educational, and ultimately gives hope to people living with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses. Brett’s story involves a mental health sojourn that spans 20 years from 2000 to 2020. Prepare to ride alongside him as he goes through the bipolar motions of extreme highs, devastating lows, and all the semi-stable moments in between. His story is proof that an individual living with mental illness can not only survive but thrive!

Beginning with the origins of the concept of mania—and the term maniac—in ancient Greek and Roman civilizations, renowned psychiatrist David Healy examines how concepts of mental afflictions evolved as scientific breakthroughs established connections between brain function and mental illness. Healy recounts the changing definitions of mania through the centuries, explores the effects of new terminology and growing public awareness of the disease on culture and society, and examines the rise of psychotropic treatments and pharmacological marketing over the past four decades.

"The Real Pain of Stress" isn't just another self-help book offering temporary fixes. It's an easy-to-listen-to, comprehensive guide that addresses the root causes of stress. It gives a framework for an intelligent self-care plan that changes the conversation around stress from elimination to healthy coexistence.

Die Lügen, die eine Depression erzählt, isolieren und entmutigen Betroffene. Eine der Wahrnehmung verzerrenden Lügen lautet zum Beispiel: "Dir wird es nie wieder besser gehen". Was es daher dringend braucht: Ein Buch gegen diese negative Abwärtsspirale, einen mitfühlenden Leitfaden, um psychische Erkrankungen zu entmystifizieren und die Gespräche darüber zu erleichtern. Betroffene werden verstanden, und sehen, dass sie damit nicht allein sind. Auch Freunde und Angehörige finden Hilfe und konkrete Tipps für einen einfühlsamen Umgang mit den Betroffenen.

Vernachlässigst du dich selbst, weil du dich ganz den Bedürfnissen anderer widmest? Nehmen dich die Probleme anderer so sehr in Anspruch, dass du deine eigenen verdrängst? Wenn du, wie so viele andere, vor lauter Sorge um das selbstzerstörerische Verhalten eines geliebten Menschen dein eigenes Leben aus den Augen verloren haben, bist du vielleicht co-abhängig - und findest dich in diesem Buch wieder.

Nobody can change the weather, but Dr. Kari Leibowitz's groundbreaking How to Winter will help you dramatically shift how you feel about the darkest and coldest of the seasons. Leibowitz is the world's foremost winter psychology mindset expert, and in How to Winter she sets out evidence-based strategies to help you learn not only to accept the chillier months, but even to embrace them.

"Eine Depression ist wie jeder von uns: Einzigartig." Andy Feind ist depressiv. Und das auch noch chronisch. Was mit sechzehn Jahren durch einen Schicksalsschlag beginnt, zieht sich wie ein dunkler Faden durch sein Leben. Zweifel, Rückzugstendenzen, Selbsthass, Verluste und Suizidgedanken begleiten ihn auf Schritt und Tritt - sofern er überhaupt das Haus verlässt. Bereits 2009 beginnt er mit dem Manuskript von Gedankengewitter und legt es aufgrund der Depression nach dreizehn Seiten in die Schublade.

Millions of people worldwide are coping with depression. Whether it's you, a family member, a friend or a partner—odds are depression affects your life. Even so, many of us don't know what to do when it hits someone we care about. JoEllen Notte challenges the preconceived ideas that keep us from showing up for each other in a meaningful way and offers strategies for supporting each other and ourselves when depression comes calling.

Thank God for Depression presents a roadmap for all of these questions. Telling stories from his decade in a professional rock band and misadventures on psychedelics, author Kyle Nicolaides delivers one of the funniest, most deeply spiritual, and profound books about depression you will ever listen to. Change your relationship with depression, change your life. It’s time to alchemize your depression into your greatest gift.

You’re tired. You have trouble sleeping and thinking, you feel down and stressed out, and you worry that you’ve lost your edge. You're plagued by many physical symptoms, too! Your doctor told you that you were depressed, handed you a prescription for an antidepressant, and referred you to a psychiatrist. Your heart of hearts truly believes that you're not depressed, but you don't know what causes you to feel this way.

Depression is a deep, dark pit. The suffering is real. Christians are not exempt from it. Christian psychologists confirm that clinical depression is just as common among Christians as among non-Christians. Famous contemporary Christians and Bible writers have suffered from major depression. This book will reveal those who have suffered from it and will also reveal the biblical strategies and spiritual warfare needed to battle and overcome it. There is hope.

From Depression to Contentment: A Self-Therapy Guide is a course of therapy in your pocket. You can be your own therapist, changing the way you see yourself and your world. Not only does this save lots of money, it also is 100 percent confidential. The book starts with first aid, provides an understanding of the nature and causes of suffering, instructs you in research-based techniques for dealing with your problems and, finally, teaches you an actual cure for depression.

Do you want to learn how to free your mind from worries, take away negative thoughts, and increase your self-esteem; know and cure depression, anxiety, and stress to regain control of your life? Depression affects an estimated 350 people worldwide. People of all ages suffer from depression, including children and retired adults.

Till Raether war in seinem Leben oft traurig und erschöpft - immer wieder, über Wochen. Und ebenso oft stellte er sich die Frage, ob das nun eine Depression sei, oder ob ihn einfach nur das normale, graue Leben beutelte. In seinem Hörbuch erzählt Till Raether offen über eine Krankheit, mit der er seit vielen Jahren lebt und die er häufig mit großem Energieaufwand zu überspielen versuchte.

Travis I. Sivart draws on his lifetime of helping others to offer his personal guidelines for enjoying life. Each thought is a single page, keeping the concepts and ideas simple and to the point. This book offers 27 thoughts on helping create happiness in your personal life, success in your professional life, and even manage depression on a daily basis by suggesting ways to improve and maintain your mental, physical, and emotional well being.

Human as we are, we are vulnerable to physical pain and emotional conflicts. And always, it is the emotional conflict that drives us to the edge. Physical pain is always tolerable. If it becomes too painful, there are a lot of pain relievers we can induce to stop the pain, if not reduce it. It's plain and simple. Physical pain does not linger. It stops when the wound starts to heal. Emotional pain, on the other hand, is something that tortures us from within. It hurts us in ways no physical wounds can.

Are you tired of always feeling depressed, sad, or hopeless? Do you feel that things are just not working out in your life, but have no idea how to change them? Do you wish there was some way you could take control of your life back? Or maybe you just want to feel happy again but don't know how. If feelings of self-doubt, dejection, or negativity are making it impossible to live the life you want, you are not alone.

Overcome depression naturally! These 21 powerful strategies will help you live your life free from depression. These tips and strategies are proven steps that can help anyone begin the process of recovery from depression.

We all go through bouts of depression. It's common now to feel depressed from time to time. Sometimes it happens when we face a challenge or disappointment in life. Other times it happens because of our brain chemistry.

I'm Sean Morgan, and my mission in life is to give hope to people who are looking for it. I've spent years discovering the most effective methods for self-transformation and empowerment from ancient eastern traditions to modern western research. I had to go on this journey due to intense mental, emotional, and physical illness.