DARK NIGHTS OF THE SOUL IBD

Sinopse

2019 WINNER: WRITERâÇÖS DIGEST SELF-PUBLISHED EBOOK AWARDS, CATEGORY NONFICTIONThe first edition ebook won first place in a WriterâÇÖs Digest contest. This new edition, whether in ebook or paperback, contains the material of the award-winning book plus additional material: a dedication, foreword, acknowledgements, and a bonus essay IâÇÖm calling 'The One Thing: The 5,000 Most Important Words I Have Ever Written (So Far).' Dark nights of the soul happen at the intersection of faith and depression.áIn 2000, I was diagnosed with clinical depression. I had been living with a depressed brain my whole life and didnâÇÖt know it. How many more people are walking around sad, irritable, and cynical, and donâÇÖt even know why? Or maybe they have a reason, but it hits them harder than most people.How many more feel this underlying sorrow and think itâÇÖs normal? How many more think they canâÇÖt be (or shouldnâÇÖt be) depressed, because a personal relationship with Jesus is supposed to make you immune to it? I started a blog in 2015. In this book, IâÇÖve collected the posts that speak to recovery from depression. The book includes:·ááááááááA look inside the mind of someone with clinical depression·áááááááá4 Principles for Recovery (that came from hard experience)·ááááááááUnderstanding the voice of the depressed brain (and how to fight back)·áááááááá22 scientifically proven ways to help cope with and alleviate depression·ááááááááHow faith and religion can either help or hurt your recovery·ááááááááResources for finding professional help.Recovery is one day at a time. After twenty years of one day at a time, I can say a happy and fulfilling life is possible, even if your depressed brain colors everything in gray.á