Psychology Mood Disorders

The New York Times best-selling author blends a pitch-perfect childlike voice with keen adult observation as she shares her heartrending, groundbreaking insider's look into the fascinating and frightening world of childhood bipolar disorder.

What if you could activate or improve your body’s natural healing thanks to a few simple physical exercises? Just imagine those exercises reducing your body’s inflammation, anxiety, or chronic illness. How could it be possible? The Vagus Nerve partially controls our heart and other internal organs as well, insulin signaling, emotions like orgasms and other physical functions. Knowing exactly and stimulating in the right way this important nerve can bring lots of benefits on various areas.

It’s exhausting to live with your mind racing around from one dreadful possibility to the next, even when you know logically that a lot of these thoughts are unrealistic or at least unlikely. Logic quite often has nothing to do with it. It’s thinking that has got you into this mess, and more unhelpful thinking is simply not the answer. Unfortunately, it can be hard to stop once you get yourself into the spiral of overthinking. Your thoughts can get ahead of you, blocking you from your own mind and distracting you from what really matters.

In Take Control of Your Anxiety--an easy-to-read self-help book for the layperson--Drs. Cortman, Shinitzky, and O'Connor present the current understanding of anxiety: its genesis in the brain, its functions and contributions to human survival and growth, and its progression to pathology. Each of the five major anxiety disorders is featured in a chapter that explores its etiology, practical steps, and exercises for successful resolution and real-life case studies of patients who have overcome the disorder.

You are about to discover proven steps and strategies to properly support and care for a loved one with bipolar disorder. More often than not, people who have a loved one diagnosed with bipolar disorder wonder what to expect and how they should show their love and support. It can be very difficult for those who are diagnosed with bipolar disorder to accept their condition. If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with this condition, the most important step towards discarding uncertainty is education.

Imagina, por un momento, vivir día tras día con una nube gris siguiéndote a todas partes, coloreando cada experiencia, cada momento de alegría, con un tinte de melancolía. Esta es la realidad de aquellos que conviven con la distimia. A menudo, quienes la padecen llegan a creer que este velo gris es una extensión intrínseca de su ser, un rasgo inamovible de su identidad. "Así soy yo", se dicen, aceptando una vida vista a través de un cristal empañado. ¿Te resulta familiar esta escena?

You’re about to embark on a journey that will change your life forever. You will begin a therapeutic escape that combines creativity and self-expression and allows you to grow past the past and into the future.

Small towns are places where everyone knows each other’s names—and each other’s business, despite it being none of their own. Yet, folks in small towns never seem to want to talk about mental health. Rural living can be isolating with hours spent on the farm caring for the land, animals, the home, and everyone else first before yourself. Women especially know this struggle all too well. Author Lewellyn Melnyk has experienced this her whole life, suffering from depression in her early teens that left her with what felt like only one option.

Liz Casper is a former medical doctor, artist, and author from the Pacific Northwest. In her first book, BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFUL, BIPOLAR, Liz shares with us her personal journey before, during, and after her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. The book, set in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, chronicles Liz’s experience both living with and healing from this devastating diagnosis.

¿Qué es lo que más te duele? Si quieres saberlo, debes abrir, con urgencia, este libro. En 2006, después de un viaje a Europa, la escritora Margarita Posada se encontró postrada de repente en una cama de la que no quería salir. Lo que en principio parecía una suerte de mal momento pasajero, poco a poco se convirtió en una realidad con la que ha tenido que convivir desde entonces. La depresión es uno de los trastornos más comunes del siglo XXI y aqueja a millones de personas.

Mind over Matter is a groundbreaking audiobook by Dr. Bhaskar Bora that offers a clear, empowering roadmap for overcoming anxiety and depression without pharmaceutical intervention. Blending science, psychology, and real-world tools, this audiobook guides listeners through 20 in-depth chapters—each packed with actionable strategies, from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to breathwork, nutrition, somatic healing, and more.

You will say, "OMG That's Me!" Meet six people who transformed their struggles with bipolar disorder, depression, PTSD, and more... through their strength, perseverance and by finding humor in their challenges. This poignant, funny and refreshing book let's us know we are not alone by sharing challenges, and heartbreak along with the ridiculous moments of life with mental illness.

Being a spouse to borderline personality disorder is one wild ride, but you want to stay true to your vows and support your partner. Finally, there is a down and dirty “street guide” to BPD written in nonclinical, compassionate language by the spouse of a “borderline” for the spouses of borderlines. You can learn to identify BPD and narcissistic traits in your spouse, even if she/he refuses to be diagnosed. You can learn to understand your spouse’s logic-defying actions.

Over 3 million people in the United States suffer from borderline personality disorder (BPD). It is characterized as a mental illness that affects how you perceive yourself and others, resulting in difficulties in daily life. Symptoms include a lack of self-confidence, trouble controlling one's emotions and behaviors, and a history of unstable relationships. This audiobook will help you face your diagnosis head-on and take the crucial initial steps toward long-term health and well-being.

Книга доктора медицинских наук Дэвида Бернса «Терапия настроения» — мировой бестселлер. В ней он объяснил, как наши мысли определяют чувства и как с помощью когнитивно-поведенческой терапии справиться с беспокойством, чувством вины, низкой самооценкой и другими «черными дырами» депрессии. Перед вами новое, дополненное издание этой классической работы. Книга поможет разобраться в себе, выявить первые симптомы депрессии и победить негативные мысли.

In the workplace, at school, and in our relationships, the effects of stress can be devastating. Too much stress can cause real physical illness. Using the latest research on neuroplasticity, Dr. Lawlis redefines stress and shows readers how they can retrain their brain to prevent stress from taking its toll. This clear and practical guide includes action plans and recommendations for specific foods, physical exercises, and mental relaxation techniques to train your brain to combat stress.

Negatives Denken fühlt sich manchmal an wie ein Radiosender, den man nicht ausschalten kann – ständig läuft dieselbe Playlist: „Was, wenn das schiefgeht?“, „Bin ich überhaupt gut genug?“, „Warum habe ich damals eigentlich nichts gesagt?“ Die gute Nachricht: Du bist nicht allein. Die bessere Nachricht: Du kannst etwas dagegen tun. Dieses Buch zeigt dir, wie du dein Gedankenkarussell in den Griff bekommst – Schritt für Schritt, ohne Druck und ohne abgehobene Versprechen.

Tanya Trevett is a mental health coach, teacher, and certified Reiki and IET® Practitioner, as well as the mother of three daughters with mental illnesses. In Help, I’m Failing as a Mom! she guides you through the eight-step wellness process that will teach you how to handle your child's mood disorder without feeling as if you are failing. Written for parents who want to learn how to live with their child's mood disorder in a healthier way.

إن هذا الكتاب موجه إلى من يعانون الاكتئاب، ولا يجدون سبيلًا للخلاص منه؛ فهو معني بالمصابين به لأسابيع، أو شهور، أو سنواتٍ، كما حدث معي. ويهدف إلى أن يكون المرشد في رحلة لا بد من أن نخوضها، إذا أردنا التغلب على الاكتئاب نهائيًّا وبسرعة. ويعتقد بعض العاملين في مجال الطب أن مرض الاكتئاب ناتج ببساطة عن اختلال توازن كيمياء المخ. وعلى الرغم من هذا الاعتقاد، يتناول المريض، مثلي، أحيانًا، مضادات الاكتئاب، ولكنها تصبح عديمة المفعول على المدى الطويل، وحينها يكتشف أن التغلب على الاكتئاب ليس بسهولة وبساطة تناول حبة الدواء فحسب

Based on his upbringing in rural Minnesota, a clinical psychologist’s unique and intuitive principles for mental health draws vivid, surprising parallels between the mind and the natural world.