 | Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns
Buy new: £4.46 / Used from: £1.82 Excellent book - I read it in 8 months on and off due to my symptoms of only managing a few pages at a time - now reread parts when needed - it is covered in notes and scribbles - esp pages 42-43
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 | The Mindful Way Through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness (includes Guided Meditation Practices CD) by Mark Williams
Buy new: £9.56 / Used from: £7.99 Mindfulness meditation helps your head slow down when its in overdrive.
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 | The Drama of Being a Child : The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
Buy new: £5.37 / Used from: £2.54 I got lent a very old 1989 copy - and was so impressed I bought the 1997 edition - it is a deep book , but I recommend it.
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 | Reinventing Your Life: How to Break Free from Negative Life Patterns by Jeffrey E. Young
Buy new: £6.90 / Used from: £4.71 This is a bit hard core and looks at common self defeating patterns in life eg abandonment.
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 | Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself by Melody Beattie
Buy new: £7.36 / Used from: £3.50 Rather good book - I didnt know what co-dependency was.
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 | The Optimum Nutrition Bible: The Book You Have to Read If You Care About Your Health by Patrick Holford
Buy new: £9.71 / Used from: £2.35 This is very good - tells you to take omega 3 fish oils, stop caffeine etc , diet information and B vitamins etc that can be useful
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 | Depressive illness-curse of the strong by Tim Cantopher
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.39 Recommended by lots of friends - give this book to friends or relatives who have no idea whats going on in your head - wish I had this book 8 months ago - explained and identified a lot of symptoms.
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 | The Fragrant Mind: Aromatherapy for Personality, Mind, Mood and Emotion by Valerie Ann Worwood
Buy new: £7.14 / Used from: £4.50 Aromatherapy does work believe it or not - this is a good guide to aromatherapy - you should only use oils that you like the smell of - get oils in chemists or health food shops
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 | Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential by Caroline M. Myss
Buy new: £6.96 / Used from: £2.99 On my mission to help myself I will try anything! Myss talks about archetypes from Jung theory and how it 'spiritually' helps see life as challenges
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 | Moleskine Pocket Ruled Notebook
Buy new: £6.49 / Used from: £5.02 I bought a notebook to write how I was feeling day to day - useful especially when you go back and reread stuff and realize how far youve come.
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 | Sivananda Beginner's Guide to Yoga (Sivananda Yoga Centre) by Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
Buy used from: £8.81 Yoga is really good for destressing and taking your mind off things as youre so busy getting the poses right - a class is extremely useful if you can manage it.
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 | Mindfulness in Plain English by Bhante Henepola Gunaratana
Buy new: £5.01 / Used from: £4.00 Vipassana awareness meditation - facing reality and coping with what you find - gentle and thorough
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 | Teach Yourself Managing Stress (TY Health & Well Being) by Terry Looker
Buy used from: £0.01 Relatively simple book on how stress occurs and how to calm down a bit. DEEP breathing.
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 | Overcoming Depression and Low Mood: A Five Areas Approach (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Dr Chris Williams
Buy new: £22.99 / Used from: £18.10 Partner to its Anxiety book - this does have some repetition of sections - but they are geared more to the depression side of things - very simple to read
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 | Overcoming Anxiety: A Five Areas Approach (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Dr Chris Williams
Buy used from: £72.26 Anxiety book
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