Mental Disorders

We have all had negative experiences in our lives, the memories of which can cause shame, embarrassment, fear, trauma, and worse. Those memories often prevent us from reaching our goals, whether they be related to weight, career, relationships, or success in other areas. But international best-selling author Alexander Loyd has developed a set of techniques that enable users to change the stories they tell about themselves to become healthier, happier, and more successful.

¿Por qué creemos lo que creemos? ¿Qué hace que reaccionemos de cierta manera ante algún suceso? Nuestra experiencia en el mundo está delimitada en gran parte por nuestros procesos mentales, pero los hechos y circunstancias a nuestro alrededor pueden ser solo eso.

When you are criticized or rejected, do you have a tendency to lash out or withdraw entirely? Both types of kneejerk reactions can have lasting and unintended consequences, affecting our friendships, careers, families, and romantic relationships. The truth is, overreacting hurts us as much as it hurts the people around us. You may see overreacting as an unchangeable part of your personality, but in reality, this tendency, like any other, can be unlearned.

Recent years have seen a shocking increase in antidepressant use the world over, with one in four women starting her day with medication. These drugs have steadily become the panacea for everything from grief, irritability, and panic attacks to insomnia, PMS, and stress. But the truth is, what women really need can't be found at a pharmacy.

The symptoms of ADHD are no less impairing in females than males but can be missed or misunderstood. This book arms professionals, parents and women themselves as it maps out where to go for information, who can help and how to understand ADHD better. It explains routes to assessment and diagnosis for girls and young women, how to access support in education, available treatments and the impact of living with ADHD on overall mental health. It explores the benefits of ADHD coaching for girls to help develop their unique strengths and talents.

Extras, the final book in the Uglies series, is set a couple of years after the "mind-rain", a few earth-shattering months in which the whole world woke up. The cure has spread from city to city, and the pretty regime that kept humanity in a state of bubbleheadedness has ended. Boundless human creativity, new technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world.

The ADHD Reset offers dozens of practical tools and strategies that will move you from feeling limited to liberated. Feel empowered to accept the disowned parts of yourself through shadow work, reframing techniques, mindset shifts, and self-love.

Despite our best intentions, many of us find ourselves routinely overeating at meals, snacking mindlessly, or bingeing regularly. As emotional eaters, we turn to food for comfort, soothing, distraction, and excitement. There’s a disconnection fueling our eating, robbing years from our lives, and we know it. We’re tired of restrictive diets that lead back to overeating, and we’re ready to try something different.

The Anxiety Code Your Solution to Relentless Anxiety! Who hasn’t felt its grip on internal restlessness? It touches nearly everyone, from a mild flutter in the stomach to an intense dread of a full-blown panic attach, It can manifest as test-taking jitters, a racing heart, or sweaty palms. Yes, despite extensive scientific research, there isn’t a universal theory of anxiety, often described simply as an “over-response to stress.” While anxiety can sometimes motivate us to accomplish tasks, it can also become overwhelming and relentless, prompting many to see professional help.

Clinical psychologist Dr. Arielle Schwartz has spent years helping those with complex PTSD—also referred to as C-PTSD—find their way to wholeness. She also knows the territory of the healing firsthand, having walked it herself. This audiobook provides a map to the complicated, and often overwhelming, terrain of C-PTSD with Dr. Schwartz’s knowledgeable guidance helping you find your way.

Whether the narcissist in your life is a boss, coworker, relative, or romantic partner, the exercises and advice in Unmasking Narcissism will help you set healthy boundaries and make sense of this complex and often painful issue. In this groundbreaking guide from clinical psychologist Mark Ettensohn, PsyD., you will gain insight into narcissistic behaviors, symptoms, and relationship dynamics. Dr. Ettensohn provides exercises designed to help you clarify your own values and goals for the relationship, whether that means immediate separation or long-term relationship management.

The Noonday Demon examines depression in personal, cultural, and scientific terms. Drawing on his own struggles with the illness and interviews wit fellow sufferers, doctors and scientists, policymakers and politicians, drug designers and philosophers, Solomon reveals the subtle complexities and sheer agony of the disease.

Living with OCD can be extremely challenging, but it doesn't have to rob you of your self-worth. Let this book be your guide to discovering, supporting, and loving the best you that you can be.

Filled with actionable strategies proven to improve focus, increase productivity, and promote well-being, Brain Hacks will help you transform the way you work, live, and feel by tapping into the power of your executive functioning skills. Modern life requires a lot of our brains. We need to stay organized, manage our time wisely, and make important decisions. These essential skills - known as executive functioning - affect every aspect of our lives, from how we function at work and home to how we manage stress.

Why does productivity always come with anxiety? Why do you have random bursts of hyperfocus? Why can't you finish any projects you start? Why can't you get focused on command? Why do you get distracted so easily? Are you just lazy? Is it possible for people with ADHD to be productive and happy at the same time? Yes you can. You're not lazy or stupid, you just have ADHD. It's a neurodevelopmental disorder with pros and cons. You can be both focused and productive without giving up your happiness. You just need to learn to use your brain properly.

Un outil indispensable pour les parents, les intervenants et les enfants ! Béatrice est bouleversée d'apprendre que les malaises qu'elle ressent ont une cause : l'anxiété ! Avec le soutien d'une psychologue zoothérapeute et de ses collègues à quatre pattes, la jeune fille découvre les différentes facettes des troubles anxieux et comment les apprivoiser.

Have you ever felt at a loss for an answer when asked: ‘How are you really feeling?” Maybe you can’t quite put your finger on it, but you know something is definitely off. Microaggressions, challenging family relationships, toxic positivity, work and pandemic stress, gaslighting—these are just a few examples of what psychologist Dr. Meg Arroll calls “Tiny T” trauma. These tiny traumas can slowly build up inside of us, and if ignored for too long, can manifest in our lives as high-functioning anxiety, perfectionism, binge eating, insomnia, broken relationships, and a host of other problems.

Do your emotions flip from calm to chaos in seconds? Do you find yourself loving someone desperately, then pushing them away without meaning to? Are you constantly told you're “too much”—too intense, too angry, too sensitive, too empty? This book doesn’t offer a cure. It’s not a program. It won’t tell you to “think positive” or “just breathe.”

Drowning in Self-Doubt, Overwhelmed by Pain, and Stuck in Emotional Chaos? Take Back Control and Reclaim the Life You Deserve. The Practical CBT + DBT + ACT Workbook (10 in 1) is your guide to breaking free. This resource is designed to help you regain control and feel empowered in your emotional and mental space.

Comment oser ? Oser faire, oser dire, oser être, tout simplement ? Tout cela dépend de la confiance que nous avons en nous-même. Avec elle, tout est possible. Sans elle, tout est souffrance et doute. Mais comment se sentir sûr de soi ? Que faire pour ne plus chercher sans cesse l’approbation des autres ? Comment prendre conscience de sa valeur ? Peut-on apprendre à être moins exigeant avec soi-même ? Comment se sentir capable de réussir ce qu’on entreprend ? Le manque de confiance en soi n’est pas une fatalité. Même quand on en souffre depuis l’enfance.