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Good Book on Depression

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RannaD
RannaD

I've recently read a memoir-style book about depression that I thought other people might be interested in. It's called Emotional Parasite: a Memoir of Depression and I brought it on Amazon. Some parts are a bit shocking as she was really ill at times, but when she gets better it's really positive. I liked it because she showed how she got better and I could try out some of the things she found helpful. She has also included parts of her medical notes and it's quite interesting to see what they thought about things.

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  • pindi
    pindi

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    hi ranna i wt on to amazon today to by this book and you can ony get it in kindle form so ive managed to down lad it and going to start reading it tonite thanks, it might help me get o sleep as at mo im not to good at night well im not that great during the day with anxiety devouring me day in and day out hopefuly this book might lift my spirits.
  • RannaD
    RannaD

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    i know what you mean about finding it hard to get to sleep!! my psychiatrist prescribed me medications that have side effects of making you sleepy so that i can sleep (amitriptyline and quetiapine) and it worked for some time but now i seem to have got used to them. i've got some zopiclone for occasional use but not really a long-term answer.

    it might sound weird but one thing i am doing to help me sleep is spraying perfume on my pillow just before i lay down. and then when my thoughts start to wander i try to focus my mind back on the smell. it keeps wandering and i keep focussing back to the smell. the first night it didnt help much but i tried it a few more times and it seems to help more as i am getting better at focussing my mind. it helps when my mind is racing too much to sleep.

    hope you like the book. i brought it on kindle too. i tend to buy most books like that as it is so much cheaper so i didn't really notice it didn't come as a physical book as well.

  • pindi
    pindi

    Posted

    hi ranna

    ive stated reading the book im a slow reader so while take me a while i was amazed to read the you spray your pillow i used to do that and for some reason ive stopped just fogot i spose i get the pillow spray from the body shop didnt think about using it to slow my mind down i feel a bit better kowing that in not the only one whos mind races not thats it a nice thing because its not it terrifies me some times i will give the pillow spray another go and do what u have suggested many thanks.

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