Six Keys to Mastering Chronic Low-Grade Depression

Six Keys to Mastering Chronic Low-Grade Depression

The focus of <i>Six Keys to Mastering Chronic Low-Grade Depression</i> is learning to master the mild but chronic form of depression known as Dysthymic Disorder.<br /><br /> In this book you will learn Six Keys to mastering chronic low-grade depression: Neuropsychological, Behavioral, Relational, Emotional/Spiritual, Cognitive, and Physical.<br />A series of exercises will help you to personalize the Six Keys so that they apply to your unique situation. Tables provide a helpful summary of how each key should be implemented.<br /><br />What's in the Toolkit?<br /><i>Six Keys to Mastering Chronic Low-Grade Depression</i> will teach you:<br /><ul><li>    How your brain can fool you into thinking you're depressed</li><li>    How to tell whether you are experiencing normal ups and downs or chronic low-grade depression (Dysthymic Disorder)</li><li>    How low-grade depression differs from Major Depression</li><li>    How rehashing your failures makes you feel hopeless and helpless</li><li>    Three techniques for monitoring your slide into depression</li><li>    What makes you vulnerable to chronic unhappiness</li><li>    How a network of healthy relationships can safeguard you against depression</li><li>    To identify behaviors that will help you to be more successful at work, in your relationships, and with your family</li><li>    How mindfulness meditation helps you to get in touch with the present moment and    perceive your feelings and thoughts objectively, understand what is and isn't working in your life</li><li>    That what you tell yourself about an event, how you frame it in your mind, strongly influences how you perceive that event and that some explanations directly contribute to depression</li><li>    How tension in your body feeds back to the brain</li><li>    How exercise helps you to turn off the fight or flight response</li><li>    To develop your inner personal trainer who reminds you every day to use the tools that you've learned in this manual</li></ul>