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kath61's review against another edition
4.0
Another brave book with similarities to 'My Lovely Wife'. The author had incredible emotional and practical support from her husband and family and the financial resources to call upon a personal Dr day or night. The level of self absorption becomes a little wearing towards the end but the use of poetry lifts this book out of the ordinary and will be helpful to many.
wendoxford's review against another edition
4.0
Seems odd to "like" a book on depression but Rachel Kelly manages to tell it as it is, warts and all in an amazingly dispassionate yet forceful way. It reads somewhere between a novel and memoir. I had engaged with this completely crippling nature that depression can be with Mat Haig and was lured to read this by Rachel talking (on a FutureLearn course) about the place for poetry with depression.
Like (yet unlike) Matt Haig's "Reasons to stay alive" it is a completely terrifying account (but so personal) and is enabling to the reader in so many ways - focusing on not only the onset and journey of depression but the management of expectation.
Like (yet unlike) Matt Haig's "Reasons to stay alive" it is a completely terrifying account (but so personal) and is enabling to the reader in so many ways - focusing on not only the onset and journey of depression but the management of expectation.
biblio_mom's review against another edition
4.0
Have you ever thought of yourself going through depressions? Or you just don't realise them yet?
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Its impressive when most of Rachel's writings are similar to what I've been through especially after giving birth. I thought its just the baby blue symtomps that I was having. But it is more than that and I am thankful I only have a mild one and continuously trying to get better.
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Following her suggestion to get myself analised through a website is a game changer. I've been receiving emails from the team members every single day and I love going through them in the evening. I'm still a mess in the morning as my anxiety is on its highest level.
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About sleeping disorder/ insomnia, I still have them once in a while as I went through this book. I've jot down a couple of general tips about combating insomnia and anxiety which is :
1. Stop being anxious about sleep itself. Start believing that in due course I would get the sleep I needed, though it might not always be conveniently at night and I needed to arrange my life as far as I could to make this possible. If i was awake at night, make it feel normal opposed to frightening & remind myself that I wasn't alone.
2. Being compassionate to myself is sometimes enough. When I'm sufficiently calm, I can then try to change the narrative of my thoughts.
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Researchs found that highly sensetive children who seem to feel things more deeply than their peers may prove more vulnerable to depressions as adults. Knowing this, I would do my best to keep my children live more in their presents and just be happy, give them more opportunities to have choices, be able to let their feelings out more open and give them more time to overcome their negative feelings on their on.
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Theres so much I want to share and review about this book but as far as I've written, I think It is about enough and I suggest you to read them yourselves.
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Its impressive when most of Rachel's writings are similar to what I've been through especially after giving birth. I thought its just the baby blue symtomps that I was having. But it is more than that and I am thankful I only have a mild one and continuously trying to get better.
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Following her suggestion to get myself analised through a website is a game changer. I've been receiving emails from the team members every single day and I love going through them in the evening. I'm still a mess in the morning as my anxiety is on its highest level.
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About sleeping disorder/ insomnia, I still have them once in a while as I went through this book. I've jot down a couple of general tips about combating insomnia and anxiety which is :
1. Stop being anxious about sleep itself. Start believing that in due course I would get the sleep I needed, though it might not always be conveniently at night and I needed to arrange my life as far as I could to make this possible. If i was awake at night, make it feel normal opposed to frightening & remind myself that I wasn't alone.
2. Being compassionate to myself is sometimes enough. When I'm sufficiently calm, I can then try to change the narrative of my thoughts.
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Researchs found that highly sensetive children who seem to feel things more deeply than their peers may prove more vulnerable to depressions as adults. Knowing this, I would do my best to keep my children live more in their presents and just be happy, give them more opportunities to have choices, be able to let their feelings out more open and give them more time to overcome their negative feelings on their on.
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Theres so much I want to share and review about this book but as far as I've written, I think It is about enough and I suggest you to read them yourselves.
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