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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 294
EAN num: 9780963625564
ISBN number: 096362556X
Label: Keep It Simple Books
Manufacturer: Keep It Simple Books
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 168
Printing Date: September 01, 2004
Publishing house: Keep It Simple Books
Sale Popularity Level: 162104
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This Zen guide to utilizing depression as an opportunity for spiritual growth and personal acceptance includes personal accounts, written excercises, and meditation instructions.
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I will admit, this is the second book by this author that I've read, and I am not a fan at all of the "handwritten" type in the book. While the author's reasoning is sound, it does make you slow down and absorb the text, it's also distracting enough that the books are difficult reading. However, the information in this book (and the other one I read) was interesting enough that I am inclined to overlook the production issue.
That said, this book is not for novices. If you suffer from depression and know enough to know that you'd like to make changes to overcome your depression, then this book offers some food for thought. It doesn't really tell you anything that you probably don't already know on some level, or at least it didn't for me. But it presented the information in such a way that it created an aha!moment. It made me think, and I believe helped me to look at my situation in a new way.
I'd like to see more substance. This feels like a conversation, but one that doesn't really delve into anything too seriously. It just meanders along, offering questions you can ask yourself, ways of looking at things and changing your outlook without providing any meat and bones of the "HOW" to do these things. That's the failing of the book, I'm afraid. If you want to have a conversation with yourself and the author, then this book works. And yes, it does provide help and invites you to take a new look at things. The tools it provides are subtle, and I'm afraid, probably beyond the reach of the average reader.
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In "The Depression Book," Cheri Huber utilizes her knowledge of the principles of Zen and especially Zazen (Zen meditation) to provide a straightforward (although neither 'simple' nor 'easy') message to readers in a format that is easy to follow and to read. I read this book over the course of an afternoon and found it full of helpful, commonsense, practical advice. There were a few passages that made me take offense, but as soon as I had this emotional reaction, I realized that I was only offended because the words were so true. The book is written from Huber to the reader (whoever she or he may be) as though sitting down over tea or chatting on the telephone. The illustrations and handwritten format make reading it a lark rather than another chore.
If you're depressed or have a tendency toward self-judgment, do yourself a favor and pick this book up. And practice the meditations it suggests. If nothing else, try the journaling prompts and recall its words of wisdom the subsequent time you find yourself falling into despair. It's okay to feel what you feel and to think what you think. The more space you allow yourself, mentally, to be who you are, the more quickly you will find your feet turning toward feeling just a little better. It's not about solving anything or making anything go away. Huber reminds us that it is about being who you are.
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I'm a psychologist. I've read a lot of information on how to "treat" depression. When I read Cheri Huber's book many years ago, it was my very first experience with the idea that this isn't something to be fixed, but instead is something to experience, learn from, and hear as a message--STOP. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is in the throes of depression, or anyone who is around someone else who is experiencing that difficult, challenging, rich state.
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I got this book after going through a very bittersweet period of my life. I was intrigued when flipping through the book randomly and noticed the interesting style of text and the illustrations throughout the book. When I got home to read it I found it very easy to read and though I had been thinking about looking into zen/Buddhism the book doesn't push it but may give a slight introduction. After I told my therapist that I had this book she says that she owns it as well. I notice many similiarities in the book and her style of helping me through my journey. I would highly recommend this book. It certainly gives you an interesting dive into depression and the feelings surrounding it.
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I really liked the book, it sums up depression and its compassionatley written. The author has been through this so you know she can relate and empathize with you, the reader.
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