Mental Help

Growing up autistic can often feel as though you have to become a chameleon in social situations, camouflaging yourself to fit in with a seemingly neurotypical world. Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel confident without one.

Do you ever wonder what your anxious child is feeling? Do you wish you could take all their worries away? Are you ready to empathetically relate to their anxiety and learn coping techniques that will support your entire family? This audiobook is for the parent who wants to understand pediatric anxiety to its core. Beginning with an in-depth look at what anxiety really is (through your child’s eyes) and leading to a toolbox of applicable strategies you and your child can practice together.

Here, Daniel J. Siegel and Marion F. Solomon have gathered leading writers to discuss such topics as: attention, resilience, and mindfulness; neuroplasticity - how the brain changes its function and structure in response to experience; "loving awareness" as the foundation for mindful living; how mindfulness training can help build empathy and compassion in clinicians; self-compassion; addictions; using breath practice to cultivate well-being; and much more.

For even the fittest, healthiest, and most vibrant among us, the truth is there are inevitable challenges that come from growing older. Major life transitions such as retirement, the loss of family or a partner, changes in our bodies, and changing social roles in everyday life can lead to feelings of uncertainty, loss of control, and even anxiety and depression. But aging doesn't have to be a negative thing. You can carve out your own path. This book will show you how to live with more vitality and joy—at any age!

Everything Begins with Asking for Help is a frank, insightful and thought-provoking audiobook on mental health, drawing on the author's own experience of a severe mental breakdown and sharing the recovery tools he has developed in partnership with various medical professionals and mental health experts. Kevin shares his own story to give the audiobook a vital human element, explaining how his fast-paced life in Berlin as a successful magazine journalist was brought to a sudden halt by a major depressive episode.

Do you ever worry that you aren't good enough or capable enough, despite your many accomplishments? Have you achieved high levels of success, yet still feel as though you're just "faking it?" If so, you might be dealing with imposter anxiety—a persistent fear of being exposed as a fraud, even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Remember, you are not alone. Too often, highly talented individuals allow imposter anxiety to distort their views of themselves. So, how can you embrace your boundless potential and forge ahead with confidence?

Worries and anxieties are familiar to us all. Worrying can be helpful when it prompts you to take action and solve a problem, but unrelenting doubts, fears, and negative possibilities can dominate your mind, affect your ability to manage your everyday life and well-being, your sleep and appetite, your social life, and your ability to concentrate. But it doesn't need to be like this; there are ways that you can manage this spiral of unhelpful thoughts and difficult feelings. Overcoming Anxiety explains how to manage anxiety and stop it from taking over.

Step into a world where your melanin becomes a source of power and enlightenment. Imagine embracing the Divine Feminine within you, connecting with ancient African practices, and reclaiming your true essence. In this captivating guide, you will embark on a transformative journey that celebrates the sacredness of being a Black Woman.

Tired of being told you just need to get more organized? Used every planner, calendar, and administrative app out there? Feeling like your neurodivergence is holding you back from your goals? If your patience is low and your frustration is high, then this is the audiobook for you. Executive dysfunction is a key aspect of ADHD, not a character flaw. You can learn to manage it without all the agendas and admonitions. You can discard the shame and blame. Examine the ways in which misconceptions of ADHD, and its treatment might be holding you back.

Wherever there are cars, buses, coaches, trucks, bicycles, and motorbikes, there are road traffic accidents. This book was written based upon my work as a clinical psychologist, using the same methodologies that I used in my practice. These methods brought results that were 100 percent effective.

Imagine how different your life would be if you truly knew how to harness the gifts of being a highly empathetic person. An empath will often experience somewhat psychic tendencies which branch into the quantum and metaphysical realms. The jury may still be out regarding the validity of these claims; what isn't in doubt is the highly empathetic nature of these people. But most are not equipped with the right mental tools and techniques to defend against the inevitable negative energy they will absorb.

This book will take you to the magic realism world and make you see the psychiatry field from the inside, through the life stories of multiple psychiatrists and patients. Dr. Gardenia White and her multicultural psychiatric team will take you into the reality of the psychiatric world, and explain why the birth of the Anti-Psychiatry Movement was necessary.

This book will tell you everything you need to know about anxiety: what it is, the different types of anxiety disorders, the signs and symptoms, and how you can battle it. Not only does it give you details on the disorder itself, it also explains how you can help yourself. It is a practical guide to managing anxiety. This book will help you understand why it is such a difficult situation and why you can’t just ignore or will anxiety away.

Cada vez más, los niños de 3 a 10 años luchan contra la ansiedad, la depresión y los problemas de salud mental. Estos pueden ser provocados por muchos factores (estrés en el hogar, cambios en la sociedad, interrupciones en la rutina, aislamiento de los amigos, intimidación o presión social) y, si no se abordan, siguen a los niños hasta la adolescencia y la edad adulta, lo que les provoca trastornos mentales y emocionales, y problemas relacionales que les robarán la paz y la alegría.

Procrastination Cure is a self-help guide to overcoming the very common and very real issue of procrastination. It can be very difficult to break free from this mentality with a variety of causes. Many people may not even realize what makes them procrastinate, but this guide will help you discover the underlying reasons for putting things off. Strengthen your mind to overcome laziness and anxiety to break free of procrastination. Learn how building self-confidence can help get your life back on track!

For centuries, adventurers and scientists have believed that not only could we delay death but that "practical immortality" was within our reach. Today, many well-respected researchers would be inclined to agree. In a book that is not about anti-aging, but about functional aging--extending your healthy, active life--Dr. Sanjay Gupta blends together compelling stories of the most up-to-date scientific breakthroughs from around the world, with cutting-edge research and advice on achieving practical immortality in this lifetime.

Struggling with low self-esteem? Still feeling inferior, unworthy, and not good enough despite all your effort to change? On the surface, we should be happy. We have all the things we need - a decent job, a stable income, and great friends. We have improved our self-confidence. We thought that we had overcome our low self-esteem issues. But yet, deep down inside, nothing has changed - we still feel inferior to others. Why is this so? Why don’t we love ourselves? The truth is we have been solving the wrong problem.

Grief does not follow a timeline or a set path. It is nonlinear and messy, doubling back on itself just when you thought you were out of the woods. Those who have experienced the loss of a loved one know this unequivocally, but Western society still seems to think that grief should only last six months to a year—tops—when in fact, grief can last throughout a person's entire life and manifest as serious mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, anger, and despair.

Learn simple tricks and steps to eradicate depression without depleting your bank account....

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.