Question by Dora M: Anyone know a good book to help someone without depression/anxiety understand depression/anxiety?
Hello everyone.
So I know my dad is trying to understand what depression is but he just doesn’t seem to understand that if you had a reason to be depressed and anxious it won’t be a disorder. He’s a very black and white kind of thinker like if he can’t see it it can’t exist, I hope that makes sense. Depression runs on my mums side of the family and I have had it about as long as I can remember. I know he doesn’t mean to but he makes comments that are quite hurtful about some family members with depression to me, he seems to forget that I’m depressed and take meds as well. Anyway I find it a bit hard to be around him and feel like I have to be careful what I say, but I love my dad and don’t want us to grow apart. Is there any way to get him to understand that depression and anxiety are a real illness and not just some make believe crap. Is there a good book out there that might help him understand.
Thanks a lot, please be nice.
Best answer:
Answer by AJ instead of a book, try moving to Washington state where you & family can smoke weed. just make sure everyone smokes what they call ‘cheese’. it gives you a smile that never feels you……but u think a book will help……start by looking online at amazon.com….tons of books there and they rate books with views on each…..good luck,,,,,,,aj
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I have a sister who I think is bipolar. Some days shes nice and shes but when she does not get his way, pushing people and throwing threat. She has no respect for their parents or other persons. This is bipolar or something.
I am in my 30’s and have suffered from tourette syndrome, OCD[ severe] and chronic severe depression since my early teen years. I want to reach out to others who are suffering and show what i deal with and we can help each other, I love you all and your not alone
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Does anyone ever feel that their mental problems are not as bad as they think they are? The reason I am asking is that I suffer from depression and mild anxiety. I am on medication for both and I was seeing a traditional therapist but after 2 years of seeing her have felt that it’s time to move on to cognitive therapy. So now I am seeing a cognitive therapist and I just started. I wonder if sometimes I think that we think that we have more of a mental problem than we really think we do. I hope no one thinks I am discrediting mental disorders. I am not trying to do that at all, I’m just wondering if anyone has ever felt this way.
Oh I am not trying to make it sound as if I am downplaying my depression. I have it, I am aware that it is most likely something that I am going to be living with for the rest of my life. It is better to know that I have this now than to have kept on going through life thinking that nothing was wrong. I guess what I was trying to say was that sometimes I wonder how I can be diagnosed with moderate depression when there are times where I have had severe cases of staying in bed all day and crying. Even after talking to my therapist and psychiatrist about it, they still think I am a moderate case and nothing too severe. SO I was just wondering if sometimes we make our own depression worse than what it is. It’s a good thing I’m going to cognitive therapy, I heard that this type of therapy helps you become more aware of why you react to things the way you do and why you feel the way you do and how to change it.
