Beating the Blues: A Self-Help Approach to Overcoming Depression, 2nd Edition (repost)

Is This Book for You?

• Are you fed up with particular aspects of your life?
• Have you lost the ability to enjoy things that used to give you pleasure?
• Do you wake up in the morning and wonder how you will get through the day?
• Do you feel that your concentration and memory are not as good as they used to be?
• Do you dwell on feelings of failure and hopelessness?
• Does your future seem bleak?

If you answered 'yes' to some of these questions, you are not alone. The blues and depression are surprisingly common in our society. At any one time, one in five adults is feeling down and one in 10 is showing more significant signs of depression. In fact, depression has been described as the common cold of the psyche.

This book is for people who:

• are dissatisfied with their lives, but don't know what to change.
• are fed up and blue and can't seem to snap out of it.
• are interested in learning how to manage and prevent unpleasant emotions such as depression, anxiety, loneliness, jealousy and hopelessness.
• wish to build self-confidence and self-esteem.
• wish to know how to help friends or family members suffering from depression.

By understanding the relationship between your thoughts and your moods, you will see how thinking in certain ways puts you at risk of low moods or suffering more intense depression and other distressing feelings. This book teaches you how to regulate your moods by changing your thinking style.

By becoming aware of your thinking habits, you will be able to respond more calmly to situations. You will have greater choice in how you respond to events instead of being tied to old self-defeating patterns. You will have better self-control and proven techniques to achieve inner calmness.