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On Writing a Recovery Ebook

by John Folk-Williams

Filament

Even though I’ve written a great deal about recovery from depression, when I decided to pull my experiences together in A Mind for Life ebook, I ran into a lot of problems. It’s so much easier to write about the miseries of the condition when it’s controlling your life than about the slow, stumbling process […]

Filed Under: Recovery, Self-Help Tagged With: belief, change, ebooks, life, mapping

Mapping Recovery-5: Does Your Life Support Depression?

by John Folk-Williams

Ptolemy Map of Universe

Mapping the full scope of your depression requires a searching look beyond symptoms to include the way you’re living your life as a whole. When tracking symptoms, the focus is on what’s wrong, what you can no longer do. Following daily life means focusing on what you do, the specific actions you take in response to the situations you run into.

By following your daily actions, it’s easier to spot the patterns of depression’s impact on the way you’re living. You can see more clearly when the illness seems to drive everything you do and when you feel have some room to maneuver. Those are the openings for change that let you begin a recovery process.

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Self-Help Tagged With: mapping, pattern

Mapping Recovery-4: Matching Therapies to Your Symptoms

by John Folk-Williams

Ptolemy's Plan of the Universe

If you’ve been tracking your symptoms for at least a month, you should have a fairly detailed picture of your particular variety of depression. You understand the full range of symptoms, when they occur, what other conditions in your life accompany them and which ones you’ve got to deal with first. Now comes the hard […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Self-Help Tagged With: mapping, symptoms

Mapping Recovery-3: Reviews of 4 Web Apps for Tracking Depression

by John Folk-Williams

Ptolemaic Planisphere of Universe

The best way to understand depression is to track your symptoms and triggering events each day. The question is: How to do it. To start with, you might use a written diary, or just a list on note paper. But the more symptoms and triggering events you follow and the longer you keep up with […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Recovery, Self-Help Tagged With: mapping, symptoms

Mapping Recovery-2: Tracking Your Symptoms

by John Folk-Williams

Ptolemaic Map of the Universe

Tracking your symptoms as part of mapping recovery might sound like one of those good ideas you’ll do for a while but eventually drop. It could be like all those computer programs for organizing your work into projects, goals and actions. The method itself becomes a big project and takes so much time that you […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Psychotherapy, Self-Help Tagged With: depression, mapping, symptoms

Mapping Recovery-1: The Big Picture of Depression Symptoms

by John Folk-Williams

Map of Ptolemaic Universe

This post is the first in a series about how you can help yourself begin recovery. Depression can be a powerhouse of misery that leaves you feeling helpless, but it’s not one massive force, whatever it may feel like. Depression is a combination of several conditions, and there are effective ways to deal with each […]

Filed Under: Depression Symptoms, Self-Help Tagged With: mapping, strategy, symptoms

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Depression Present Tense Now Available

Depression Present Tense: Moments of Crisis, Insight and Recovery from Chronic Illness

Man in maze by Dan Asaki for Depression Present Tense

Depression can be a life of moments, days, years, of a present that is tense, changing, recurring, empty, full, ugly and beautiful. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Surviving Depression Together Now Available at Major Retailers

Surviving Depression Together


Surviving Depression Together

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A Mind for Life Ebook Now Available at Major Retailers

A Mind for Life: From Depression to Living Well

A Mind for Life Ebook

The inner work of getting your life back from depression. This ebook is now available in most common ebook formats at major retailers.

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Living Depressed

Depression affects emotions, mental abilities, self-concept, behavior, relationships and the entire body. These core posts describe the full range of symptoms affecting daily life. Read More.

Choices in Healing

Hoping for recovery gives you a motive but not a method for getting there. This section has posts about therapies and healing methods you can work with either on your own or with professional guidance. Read more.

Living Well

If you've learned how to manage your depression, you'll want a fulfilling life rather than one dominated by fear that the illness might return. In this section, you'll find posts about how to work toward that goal. Read More

Relationships in Crisis

One of the hardest challenges of living with depression is holding onto your closest relationships. This section features posts on how to help a relationship survive. Read More.

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