Product Description

For several years, Gareth O'Callaghan, one of Ireland's most popular broadcasters, suffered from severe depression. No one guessed that the moment he was off air, he would retreat to his bed, sometimes with thoughts of suicide, and barely able to function as a husband and father of three small children. In this candid and courageous account, he describes the nightmare he and his family lived through for so long. He looks back to his childhood where he believes the low selfesteem he suffered took root and traces a pattern common to so many. As soon as he was diagnosed, Gareth began a determined fight back to health. Now fully recovered and no longer on anti-depressants, he has emerged with a deep understanding of how depression takes hold - and how to loosen its grasp. Here he shares his wisdom, insight, practical knowledge, and firm convictions in a mission to spread hope to all those affected by it.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #397094 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 190 pages

Good Housekeeping
'a moving account of overcoming depression'

Dublin Daily
'an intensely honest and personal account'

About the Author
Gareth O'Callaghan is a Irish radio broadcaster known throughout Ireland for his lively radio afternoon show on 2FM. He has been a radio DJ for twenty years, after having spent time working for a department store, in insurance and briefly joining the priesthood. He has qualified as a master practitioner in neurolinguistic psychology and now travels Ireland giving talks to doctors and support groups on the subject of depression. He is married with three daughters and lives in North Dublin.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book, "determined fight for health"!
I've heard Gareth O'Callaghan being interviewed on the BBC radio recently and decided to buy his book. He goes into detail revealing all his life since the early abuse in his childhood. Studying to become an Irish priest, working on a ship, and doing accounting jobs doesn't satisfy his needs in life. He becomes very depressed, finding himself in AA group meetings, loosing weight and almost his mortgage but finds a way out of it and makes full recovery. He gets enormous suport from his family and manages to get through on the right path. I know a few people who suffer from similar symptoms but they have not been able to get better without prosac or other drugs. Gareth now travels all around Ireland giving talks about his recovery and prooves that alternative methods are more beneficial to people with depression than conventional medicine. He expolers the benefits of meditation and the power of belief. It is a very good read to find out what people go through in a real depresion. I'll really recomend this book!!

An Inspiring Read
This book is about one person's battle with depression. It made me weep several times. But more importantly, it helped me to view my illness from a different perspective. Now, I have hope that I, too, can overcome depression and live a life that is worth living.
Gareth is explaining in detail what most of us go through when we are at our lowest points and what he has done to get better. I can recommed this book to anybody who suffers from depression or who knows somebody who does.
This is probably the best book I have read about Depression so far.

A Day Called Hope
This book is a must for anyone suffering from depression and anyone who would like to know more about it.
The author Gareth O' Callaghan writes about his own personal journey through depression and his own fight back to health.
It is written in words you can understand and at times you can almost feel the pain this most couragous man went through. Gareth writes of the pain his family went through and how it drove him almost to suicide.
It is such a frank, honest and open account of his journey to full health.

God Bless you Gareth your an inspiration to everyone.