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Mud Flower: Surviving Schizophrenia and Suicide Through Art shows the perspective of a person who has a serious mental illness, who survives extreme treatments, whose family and the health system have given up on, but who defies all expectations and common beliefs of what is possible. Along the way, the author describes the role of art in her survival, grappling with how the lifeforce can be either nurtured or destroyed by elements in our environment, such as nature, beauty, and art versus dehumanization and coercion.

Are you one of the millions of people who suffer daily from depression or anxiety? Do you find yourself stuck in negative thought patterns, but don't know how to stop them? Are you tired of constantly worrying or feeling depressed? If feelings of self-doubt, fear of social judgment, or negativity are making it impossible to live the life you want, you are not alone. Millions of people are diagnosed with some form of depression and anxiety each year. But there is good news - you don't need to feel powerless!

Battling with overthinking is a battle that never ends. You need to constantly be vigilant with analyzing your thoughts and identifying when bouts of anxiety begin to occur. This book will help you by teaching you strategies that will give you the tools you need to overcome your struggles and overcome them. Typically, overthinking is not a disorder or problem on its own, and is more of a symptom of another larger issue. Through listening to this book, you will begin to understand and discover the reasons for your overthinking.

In this practical and insightful guide, Dr Soph will help you to understand why we all feel anxious, stressed, insecure and down from time to time. Her three-step methodology, developed through years of experience supporting people to make genuine change in their lives, will help you to identify problems arising from past experiences and current life events, look at the patterns, bad habits and negative cycles that may be keeping you stuck, and then draws on established, proven therapeutic techniques to provide a toolkit of go-to techniques to use any time.

Tanya Trevett is a mental health coach, teacher, and certified Reiki and IET® Practitioner, as well as the mother of three daughters with mental illnesses. In Help, I’m Failing as a Mom! she guides you through the eight-step wellness process that will teach you how to handle your child's mood disorder without feeling as if you are failing. Written for parents who want to learn how to live with their child's mood disorder in a healthier way.

Fully updated edition of the best-selling self-help book, now recommended on the national Reading Well scheme. This ever-popular guide offers a self-help programme, written by one of the UK's leading authorities on anxiety and based on CBT, for those suffering from anxiety problems. A whole range of anxieties and fears are explained, from panic attacks and phobias to obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and generalised anxiety.

Battling bipolar disorder is truly a war. Well-documented research shows that approximately 20 % of people with bipolar disorder commit suicide! This is unbelievably tragic—I was almost one of these statistics. What can we do to overcome this mental illness and live long, happy, and satisfying lives? The answer is to make a battle plan by following the directions in this book.

Living as a woman who suffers from ADHD can be a lonely place. You can be prone to mood swings, stress and a dozen other conflicting feelings. You may have lost friends or even family members who didn’t fully understand the complexities of your condition or relationships may have failed as a result of it. The good news for you is that there are ways to improve the way you feel.

In The Gift of Bipolar, Dr. Dan Boynton, Ph.D., blends clinical insight with deeply human stories to uncover the surprising strengths hidden within the bipolar experience. Rather than focusing solely on symptoms and setbacks, this inspiring guide explores the resilience, empathy, creativity, and purpose that can emerge when bipolar disorder is understood and embraced as part of a meaningful life journey.

Are you tired of feeling trapped in the grip of depression and anxiety? Do you long for a way to break free from the cycle of stress, fear, and anger that seems to control your life? "Healing from Depression and Anxiety" is not just another self-help book—it's a lifeline, a compass, and a trusted companion on your journey to mental wellness.

Are you stuck in a cycle of anxious thoughts and avoidance behaviors? Do you suffer from panic attacks just thinking about your anxiety? Do you experience random bursts of anger due to an inability to control your emotions or struggle with feelings of intense sadness and hopelessness?Depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem can put a negative spin on everything, including the way you think, how you feel, and how you behave. When you get stuck in this negative cycle, it becomes crippling to the point where you can’t experience love, career satisfaction, or make new friends.

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This guide will help shed some light on these subjects, and suggest/provide some treatment options: Phobias are a worldwide phenomenon, but why do we have them? What is manic depression? Tourette’s Syndrome has various causes and manifestations, using this audiobook you can learn how to detect and began to manage it. Hallucinations, everyone’s heard of them, but most don’t know the full extent. Bulimia is something that is more well known. Aphasia, if you know what this word means, then either you, or someone you love has suffered from it. And much more!

Create a world where colors, shapes, and movements aren't just art—they're your pathway to a brighter, more balanced life. In the dark nooks of everyday life, where shadows threaten your happiness, many battle the quiet beast of depression. It's a global epidemic! Shocking statistics show that around 264 million people globally, from all walks of life, face depression. In the quest for relief, countless individuals find themselves cycling through remedies with varying degrees of success.

This practical audiobook will help you to know when to trust and when not to trust, how to develop your intuition to stay safe when there is real danger, how to deal with worry and change in light of an uncertain future and, most importantly, to be in the here and now, living your life to the fullest.

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Low: The 7 Ways You Can Deal with Depression is a comprehensive guide to overcoming depression and improving your mental health. The book provides seven practical and effective strategies for managing depression, so you can regain control of your life and feel empowered to heal.

From Wendy K. Williamson and Honora Rose, the "Two Bipolar Chicks," comes this survival guide written for the novice, the pros, and everyone in between. Wendy and Honora cracked their wellness vaults of three decades' worth of tips to tell you what has, and has not, worked. Two Bipolar Chicks Guide to Survival: Tips for Living with Bipolar Disorder is the resource guide they wish they had when diagnosed, dubbed by professionals and readers as the "manual to bipolar life."

From the outside, David A. Robertson looks as if he has it all together—a loving family, a successful career as an author, and a platform to promote Indigenous perspectives, cultures and concerns. But what we see on the outside rarely reveals what is happening inside. Robertson lives with “little monsters”: chronic, debilitating health anxiety and panic attacks accompanied, at times, by depression. During the worst periods, he finds getting out of bed to walk down the hall an insurmountable task.

I have a close friend who suffers from anxiety from time to time. In this book, Helping Someone with an Anxiety Disorder, I will share with you some very important information on how to deal with the mood swings that close friends, family members or spouses may encounter while interacting with someone who battles with anxiety.