From the award-winning psychologist and leading expert on PTSD and addiction, an essential guide to healing the trauma of growing up with addiction and dysfunction.
All of us feel anxious from time to time, but for one in six people in the UK chronic depression can become unbearable and severely disrupt everyday life.
One of the biggest hurdles to treating alcoholism or addiction is the fact that those who suffer from this disease often don't want to admit they've got a disease.
For readers of Braving the Wilderness and Think Like a Monk, an engaging, practical guide through the promises and paradoxes of solitude, offering science-backed advice for getting the most out of your alone time and deepening your relationship with yourself and others.
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"e;I had seen dad at his most vulnerable, at his most desperate, at points so low that, had been able to witness them himself, he would not have wanted to live.
Ich erinnere mich noch genau an jenen Morgen, als mir das Herz aus scheinbar heiterem Himmel bis zum Hals klopfte und meine Gedanken wie wild durcheinanderwirbelten.
Dieses Buch erkundet die oft übersehene Wahrheit über chronische Angst: Sie ist keine Charakterschwäche oder irrationale Störung, sondern ein Nervensystem, das in ständiger Alarmbereitschaft feststeckt.
Die neuroimmunologische Erkrankung Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronisches Fatigue Syndrom (CFS) ist mehr als nur "Erschöpfung": Betroffene leiden neben unterschiedlichsten Symptomen vor allem unter einer massiven Belastungsintoleranz, die dazu führt, dass sich die Symptome bereits durch kleinste Anstrengung verstärken, was den Alltag massiv beeinträchtigen kann.