This book contains everything that you need to know about mental health and mental illness.
Mental Health Wisdom is divided into three sections. Understanding is section one and is all about the facts of mental health. Including: mechanics of the mind, causes of mental illness, famous people who have experienced mental illness, a list of common conditions, the secrets to self-awareness and much more.
In section two, Empathy Through Lived Experience, the author shares his personal experience of mental illness. Including: the impact of mental illness on the individual, family and friends, catastrophic thinking, rumination and the critical inner voice, signs that someone is struggling, his experience of being admitted on a mental health ward, his journey through recovery, his mental health playlist, inspirational quotes about mental illness and much more.
Life Hacks is section three. It’s all about self-care and quick and easy ways to improve your mental health, prevent mental illness or relapse of mental illness. Including: the well of resilience, tips to deal with worry and anxiety, great ways to relax, reasons to keep a gratitude journal, tips for a better night’s sleep, a strengths-based decision-making model, daily mood diary, how to support someone with mental illness and much more.
About The Author
Antony Simpson is a Registered Nurse with over 13 years of experience in the fields of mental health and alcohol/substance use. He is diagnosed with Cyclothymic Disorder (a form of bipolar). This blend of professional and personal experience makes Mental Health Wisdom truly unique.
This book is a serious, yet light hearted, look at anxiety and depression from someone who has battled with this throughout his life.
The author describes how depression, an invisible illness, has impacted upon his life as a young person into adulthood and the importance of having developed a range of strategies for himself, and importantly those supporting him, to manage the highs and lows this often devastating illness presents.
This is an easy and often humorous read into a subject that impacts on far more of the population that we generally realise or are aware of.
I would highly recommend ‘Mental Health Wisdom’ by Anthony Simpson, to anyone who is struggling to come to terms with life and to see you are not alone, and that the author presents many real life strategies to help you manage feelings of negativity in a positive way.
This book is also a must read for those supporting someone suffering this illness and to help the ‘victim’ better understand there is light at the end of the tunnel and as Anthony describes; these negative feelings are temporary’ and ‘a moment in time’.
I hope this book is helpful to you.
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Very informative, useful and helpful read, would highly recommend, very reasonable price also.
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The book was incitive and educational, it was plain the author had a good understanding of the different stages and problems concerning people with mental health issues.
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This is a perfect starting point for anyone that wants to get clued up on mental health. It goes through the many different mental health illnesses, symptoms and has so much invaluable knowledge and wisdom embedded in it. It then goes on to list some tips on how to manage and look after your mental health and well-being.
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