Undoing depression
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Like heart disease, says psychotherapist Richard O'Connor, depression is fueled by complex and interrelated factors: genetic, biochemical, environmental. In this refreshingly sensible book, O'Connor focuses on an additional factor often overlooked: our own habits. Unwittingly we get good at depression. We learn how to hide it, how to work around it. We may even achieve great things, but with constant struggle rather than satisfaction. Relying on these methods to make it through each day, we deprive ourselves of true recovery, of deep joy and healthy emotion. UNDOING DEPRESSION teaches us how to replace depressive patterns with a new and more effective set of skills. We already know how to "do" depression-and we can learn how to undo it. With a truly holistic approach that synthesizes the best of the many schools of thought about this painful disease, O'Connor offers new hope-and new life-for sufferers of depression.
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This. Book. It will be going on my “life-changer” shelf. I actually didn't realize I could call myself a depressive until I read this book. As I started reading the very first chapter, I realized he was describing me with chilling accuracy. How did he know I think this way?
What a relief of a lifetime to have a name to call this “way” I've been my whole life.
What a bigger relief to find that this book is FULL of hope that I can change the patterns that have followed me all my life and practical ways I can grow!
If you've ever dealt with anxiety and depression in any form in your life, I can't recommend this book enough. If a loved one has ever dealt with anxiety and depression, you can count on this book to help you truly understand how you can help.
If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would!
