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Stuff that has helped.
All That You Can't Leave BehindAll That You Can't Leave Behind by U2
Buy new: £16.08 / Used from: £0.33
U2 create much more than music. What they create is enormous, resounding and um... fantastic.
Recovering The SatellitesRecovering The Satellites by Counting Crows
Buy new: £6.38 / Used from: £0.27
Moving, breathtaking; a sparking diamond in the sky.
Operation Good Guys - Series 3 [VHS] [1997]Operation Good Guys - Series 3 [VHS] [1997]
Buy used from: £2.98
Very funny faux documentary about a useless group of policemen and their antics.
The BendsThe Bends by Radiohead
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £1.39
This music reaches inside your soul.
Electro-Shock BluesElectro-Shock Blues by Eels
Buy new: £6.28 / Used from: £1.61
Eels are so talented, go to see them live if you ever get the chance.
Good Will Hunting [VHS] [1998]Good Will Hunting [VHS] [1998]
Buy used from: £0.01
A beautiful film about healing relationships and mending stuff that looked like it could never be fixed.
Live at KnebworthLive at Knebworth by Robbie Williams
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.94
I went and it was amazing - 125,000 people all singing, it was v. loud and v. exciting.
Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A MemoirProzac Nation: Young and Depressed in America - A Memoir by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Buy new: £5.22 / Used from: £0.01
When I had depression this really helped.
U2 - Elevation 2001 - Live In Boston [VHS]U2 - Elevation 2001 - Live In Boston [VHS]
Buy used from: £0.01
See them live, just do it, really.
The Vagina MonologuesThe Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £0.40
Don't be scared. This is a really good book about women's relationships with and experiences of their vaginas.
MannersManners by Robert Newman
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The story of a heroic policeman's descent into insanity when he is stripped of his job and identity. I love this book.
Prozac DiaryProzac Diary by Lauren Slater
Buy new: £6.60 / Used from: £0.01
Lauren Slater is a psychologist who also experiences mental health difficulties, this is her account of her experience of Prozac. She writes poetically and beautifully.
Time for BedTime for Bed by David Baddiel
Buy new: £4.55 / Used from: £0.01
David Baddiel's first book. About insomnia, friendship and madness. His writing is intelligent, funny and heartfelt
An Unquiet MindAn Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison
Buy new: £4.76 / Used from: £2.19
A truely excellent memoir about manic depressive illness.
The Awakening  and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)The Awakening and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics) by Kate Chopin
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A story about a woman who refuses to be kept captive by the rules of the society in which she lives.
Three Men in a BoatThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Buy new: £10.99 / Used from: £1.99
This is really funny. Three men and a naughty terrier decide to take a holiday down the Thames in a boat. Read by Hugh Laurie.
WastedWasted by Marya Hornbacher
Buy used from: £3.25
An excellent memoir of the journey from starvation to health.
The Santaland DiariesThe Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris
Buy used from: £3.98
This really is very, very funny.
I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: v.1-3: Vol 1-3 (BBC Radio Collection)I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue: v.1-3: Vol 1-3 (BBC Radio Collection)
Buy used from: £7.25
All the 'Clue...' episodes are funny. There's loads more than these to buy.
Good Girls Do SwallowGood Girls Do Swallow by Rachael Oakes-Ash
Buy new: £4.99 / Used from: £1.48
An account of an eating disorder and subsequent healing. A book about being kinder to yourself.
Just a Minute: 7 (Radio Collection)Just a Minute: 7 (Radio Collection)
Buy used from: £1.09
Witty and fast moving.
Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness [DVD] [1989]Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Dumb Witness [DVD] [1989]
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You should watch this just for the dog, who is gorgeous and a very clever actor. He's called Snubby in real life by the way.