Psychology Mood Disorders

Als iemand een depressie ontwikkelt, is dit proces voor mensen in de naaste omgeving moeilijk te begrijpen. Familie en vrienden zijn voor iemand met een depressie echter heel belangrijk; vaak kunnen ze zelfs meer doen dan professionele hulpverleners. Gerenommeerd deskundige Huub Buijssen legt in dit nieuw vormgegeven standaardwerk uit hoe iemand met een depressie zich voelt en hoe je als omgeving kunt helpen de depressie dragelijker te maken. Zonder jezelf te verliezen. Als een dierbare depressief isbiedt inzicht en praktische handvatten. Samen sta je niet alleen.

In From Survive to Thrive, Dr. Margaret S. Chisolm, a psychiatrist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, describes a tried-and-true plan to help anyone grappling with life's challenges learn how to flourish. Dr. Chisolm does not define health as the mere absence of illness. She wants you to be able to lead the best life possible - to thrive! Dr. Chisolm provides insight into how listeners can cultivate healthy habits and more positive reactions to life's provocations, choosing not to allow past life circumstances or a disease state to define their well-being.

Wenn dunkle Wolken die Lebensfreude eintrüben, Aktivitäten als eine große Belastung erscheinen und die Hoffnung auf Besserung schwindet, dann steckt man in einem depressiven Stimmungstief. Wir ziehen uns zurück und können kaum noch am Leben teilnehmen. Der Betroffene fühlt sich völlig hilflos und auch die Freunde und Angehörige wissen nicht, was zu tun ist und wie man helfen kann. Sie fragen sich: "Was könnte ich sofort unternehmen, dass eine Besserung eintritt?" "Was hilft da, wieder raus zu kommen?" "Was kann man tun, um nicht wieder krank zu werden?".

Seit seiner Kindheit leidet Johann Hari unter Angstzuständen, Gefühlen von Traurigkeit und unendlicher Leere. Mit achtzehn bekommt er die Diagnose: Depression. Es folgt die langjährige Behandlung mit Antidepressiva. Doch trotz Anpassung der Dosis und Phasen der Besserung hat Hari das Gefühl: Die Depression hat ihn im Griff. Er beginnt die ärztliche Strategie zu hinterfragen: Sind Depressionen zwangsläufig auf ein biochemisches Ungleichgewicht im Gehirn zurückführen? Können Medikamente langfristig die Lösung sein? Und welche Rolle spielt die Pharmaindustrie dabei?

Facing challenges in your relationships, career, health or well-being? Worried important life goals seem to be slipping away? Whether you're faced with day-to-day nervous energy or experiencing a more crippling sensation of anxiety-induced panic attacks, sometimes life can test your nerves and stress levels. But there is a simple and effective way to facing your fears - both real and imagined threats, and making sure that you can bounce back from them stronger than ever before and go on to achieve your goals and lead a happier, more fulfilled life.

Jolly Lad is a memoir about the recovery from alcoholism, habitual drug use, and mental illness. It is also about the healing power of music, how memory defines us, the redemption offered by fatherhood, and what it means to be working class.

Em cinco lições, o renomado psiquiatra e psicanalista J.-D. Nasio se propõe a aprofundar, de forma brilhante e didática, a teoria e a clínica da depressão—para ele, mais do que um distúrbio de humor, a depressão é antes de tudo uma patologia da desilusão.

Kintsukuroi es el arte japonés de recomponer lo que se ha roto. Cuando una pieza de cerámica se rompe, los maestros kintsukuroi la reparan rellenado las grietas con oro o plata, resaltando de este modo la reconstrucción, porque una pieza reconstruida es símbolo de fragilidad, pero también de fortaleza y de belleza. En este audiolibro, Tomás Navarro nos enseña a aplicar este arte a nuestras vidas proporcionándonos las herramientas necesarias poder superar la adversidad como un auténtico maestro kintsukuroi.

Descubre el camino liberador hacia la claridad mental. ¡Este libro es tu guía para desatar los nudos de tus pensamientos incesantes y recuperar la paz interior! ¿Padeces de pensamientos interminables que se apoderan de los momentos especiales de tu vida, dejándote abrumado y desconectado de las alegrías de la vida?

Skuespilleren Henning Jensen beskriver i "Gennem glasvæggen" et regulært psykisk sammenbrud, han oplevede i maj 1978, forårsaget af alt for meget arbejde, jag og stress i alt for lang tid. Det tog ham et helt år at komme på ret køl igen, og det skyldtes ikke mindst, at han stod helt uforstående over for det, han havde oplevet: Han havde ingen erfaringer med psykisk sygdom, og lige så lidt vidste han, hvor han skulle søge professionel hjælp. Det betød, at han ikke fik den i tide, og at sygdommen fik lov til at udvikle sig til en regulær depression, der var ved at tage livet af ham.

Make the most of the power of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help you overcome overwhelming anxiety and control your anger with this ultimate audiobook! Do you frequently experience bouts of explosive, irrational anger that is straining your relationships and causing people to walk on eggshells around you? Do you often suffer from episodes of paralyzing anxiety and panic attacks that seem to hold your body at gunpoint? If yes, then this audiobook might just be what you need to resolve these problems!

Over the course of human history, there have been countless tomes composed on the subject of mental health and an equally daunting number on the joys and perils of raising children. If you factor in the mysterious nature of twins and the long-term ramifications of being raised in a cult, however, then it’s basically this one and Harry Potter. If it helps, our story is shorter and contains fewer owls. Bisection is the story of one man, two children, and bipolar disorder.

Written over the course of several years, Awakening to Me is a story of personal metamorphosis. Kerri Hummingbird shares her intimate and difficult journey to identify and express her authentic being into the world. It documents how alternative healing methods and mindfulness practices led to an amazing transformation. Her story is engaging, sometimes disturbing, yet with a clear underlying thread of compassion for herself and others also engaged in their own struggle with borderline personality disorder. In her words, she seeks to give voice to those who have no voice.

In two decades of psychiatry practice, John R. Sharp has worked with many people who experienced the same emotional distresses at specific times of the year: a young woman who became depressed before Thanksgiving, a middle-aged man who felt anxious about making his summer travel plans, people who made uncharacteristically extreme decisions as spring approached. Sharp reveals how environmental, psychological, and cultural forces profoundly affect the way we feel....

Just how do you navigate life with a mental illness? What effect does it have on day-to-day activities and future plans? I’m the Patient Not the Shrink takes you on a journey through an ordinary life lived against extraordinary odds. You won’t find easy answers in this book, but you’ll be given a unique insight into the raw and devastating pain of a mental breakdown. Author Cal Kennedy opens a window to the daily struggle of living with polar disorders and dyspraxia.

If you want to reduce anxiety, rewire your brain, reach mental toughness as well as stop overthinking, and overcome stress, then keep reading...Anxiety is a tough subject and, even when people seem to understand, they probably just do not. This audiobook is not the solution to all your problems but it will help you because it will provide you with useful tools to start to orient yourself in this field and, through the practical exercises contained in it, you will be able to start immediately to put into practice the theoretical teachings.

Are you prone to nervous attacks that keep you stymied, unable to think clearly? Are you ready to try something new and different, that could lead you to living a much happier life? If you are sitting around wondering what you can do to make your life different, then take the time to listen to and internalize the insights, reflections, and analyses in this book.

Thoughts inform feelings that inform actions of your mind and body. This could be a vicious cycle if you are depressed. And if you feel like your life is spiraling out of control, that negative thoughts and fears, anger and anxiety, and stress derail any progress you make, then probably you are in the situation of being depressed. And because depression is hard to get rid of, I made for you a bundle of guides that can help you get away from your fears.

Take hold of your own personal journey. Make peace with it. Peace is truth. If you suffer from bipolar disorder (also called manic-depression), or if you love someone who does, then you already know how frustrating and baffling this mental illness can be. This book assures you that there is great hope—through all of life's circumstances. Even though bipolar disorder may put us through extreme challenges each and every day, if we are rigorous about taking the right medications and keeping an appropriate lifestyle, we can effectively stabilize the disease and choose a good life.

In dieser Zeit voller Stress und Hektik leider immer mehr Menschen an psychischen Stress und seinen Folgen. Dieses Hörbuch hilft dir die Symptome von psychosomatischen Beschwerden zu erkennen und auch zu verstehen. Kopfschmerzen, Magenbeschwerden, Rückenleiden und Schwindel sind oft Hilferufe unserer Seele und wollen bewusst wahrgenommen werden. Warum kann meine Kindheit dabei eine große Rolle spielen und was kann ich dagegen tun? Das alles erfährst du in diesem informativen Hörbuch.