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'This is wise stuff, with resonance that lingers on long after it is over, none more than the hope it offers, born of experience.' Ann Pilling, The Door 'Should be required reading for pastoral carers of anyone suffering from serious bouts of depression.' Western Evening Herald
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Being depressed often leaves you feeling paralysed into inaction. Climbing back out of the pit of gloom seems almost impossible. You need help, and that is what this book offers - practical, humane and spiritual help. Sue Atkinson has suffered years of depression herself. She does not write as an expert on depression or as a depression counsellor, but as someone who knows the feelings from close personal experience. As a result, her book contains a varied menu of hints, quotations and illustrations, not page after page of unbroken text. This is a book to dip into as fits your mood and need, making a dependable guide to the climb. 'This is wise stuff, with resonance that lingers on long after it is over, none more than the hope it offers, born of experience.', says Ann Pilling, "The Door".
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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just bought my second copy of this lovely book, and I was glad to find it in hardback because my paperback copy fell apart! That's hardly surprising since it has been so, so valuable to me throughout my struggle with depression. This is the only book I have read with such a gentle approach. The author's long experience with depression is evident and while her advice for action is excellent, she also clearly understands that on some days, any action is impossible. For such awful times she discusses the concept of retreating to a safe place until you feel stronger without ever suggesting that this need to hide from the world is a weakness. She covers many other aspects of depression in a simple and approachable way that an exhausted sufferer can accept. I cannot recommend this book too highly.
33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've suffered from bi-polar illness for over 20 years. This is the first book I've come across that is helpful, witty, in an easy to read format, doesn't talk down to you, doesn't tell you to 'snap out of it'.
The layout is ideal for a sufferer- no huge chunks of text to put you off when concentration is difficult. And yet what is written is helpful, indepth in places- not just cliches and platitudes. The text is broken up with quotations and helpful snippets that make browsing and skimming through just as rewarding as sitting down to read it front-to-back.
The cartoons of the lemming gradually climbing up the cliff were a nice, original touch. The author approaches the subject as one to be taken seriously, but at the same time inserts a little humour- usually at the expense of those who annoy us when we're depressed. Ha!
Brilliant.
Buy it if you're a sufferer. Treat youself. You'll love it.
Buy it for a friend who is a sufferer. They'll love you for it.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A small book, but filled with big things. This inspirational work is not only changing my life, but that of my immediate friends and family who now have an understanding of what has been going on. If you suffer from depression it may well help you get started on the road to recovery, if you know somoeone who suffers read it - it will help you to help them and in turn they can help themselves. I can't recommend this book highly enough.
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I bought this book after seeing it recommended on the Depression Alliance website. I wanted to find some way to help myself recover from depression but concentrating was really... Read more
Published 2 months ago by lindsay
Climbing out of depression
Great book, easy to read and understand , can pick it up at variuos stages easily. Would recommend it to anyone not only those with depression
Published 4 months ago by Jo
Worth a read
I have just read this the once, not all makes sense to me, but some parts hit home well, I am not too depressed, but somewhere along the track, I brought the book so I could... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Hammerton
Disappointment
The blurb sounded good but I found the book repetitive and not saying anything new. However, I am a counsellor and I lent it to one of my clients and they are finding it useful, if... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mrs. M. Backer
Helper on the long upward climb
This book has been an absolute must-read, in helping me to come out of a second lengthy time of depression. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Gracie
comprehensive and helpful
I found the book quite easy to read, practical and helpful to understand why depression feels like that. Read more
Published on 15 July 2009 by Alice P.
At last the words that I dont have!
This book arrived yesterday, and is just the best. It is easy to read, and I love colouring in the lemmings at the beginning of each chapter. Read more
Published on 15 May 2007 by L. J. Worrall
Cimbing out of depression
what a life saver this book has been, it has gone with me everywhere, it's been my second bible, I'm able to share it with friends and other people to, also friends and family now... Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2006 by Alison
Friendly Warning
I have been suffering from depression since I was about 10 and bought this plus another book based on the recommendations. Read more
Published on 16 July 2004
A life-saver
I have a personal and professional interest in depression and must have a library of books and tapes - some of which are excellent. Read more
Published on 11 May 2004 by M. M. O'dee
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