Everything Begins with Asking for Hel..., Kevin Braddock
Everything Begins with Asking for Hel..., Kevin Braddock
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Everything Begins with Asking for Help
An honest guide to depression and anxiety, from rock bottom to recovery

Author: Kevin Braddock

Narrator: Oliver J. Hembrough

Unabridged: 8 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Kyle Books

Published: 05/16/2019

Synopsis

An honest guide to depression and anxiety, from rock bottom to recovery, from someone who has been through it and come out the other side.

Everything Begins with Asking for Help is a frank, insightful and thought-provoking book on mental health, drawing on the author's own experience of a severe mental breakdown and sharing the recovery tools he has developed in partnership with various medical professionals and mental health experts.

Kevin shares his own story to give the book a vital human element, explaining how his fast-paced life in Berlin as a successful magazine journalist was brought to a sudden halt by a major depressive episode. In this dark time, Kevin reached out to friends for help, and it was that act - asking for help - that set him on the long road to recovery.

Building on this narrative, Kevin leads the reader through the stages of asking for help, learning to listen, the physical, emotional and mental elements of recovery, and how to maintain stable mental health at home and at work. Written with warmth, honesty and compassion, this is is a valuable resource for anyone who needs help and doesn't know where to begin.

2019 Octopus Publishing Group

About Kevin Braddock

Kevin is a writer and editor with 20 years of experience at titles including GQ, Esquire, the Guardian, The Face, Vogue and Sleek (Berlin), where he was Editor in Chief. Since his breakdown and recovery, he has completed qualifications in Coaching and Mentoring from UCL and Humanistic and Psychodynamic Counselling from Goldsmiths. In 2017 Kevin self-published a magazine about his story called Torchlight, which has since sold more than 1,500 copies and been featured in publications such as the Observer. He continues to promote and develop the Torchlight system, including practice cards that help users try out his techniques and advice.@torchlight_system

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

The book, as a story, was great quality. The book, as a guide for those currently suffering/possibly on the verge of or aftermath of a breakdown, not so good. This is why: When suffering from mental illness, the simplest of tasks seem daunting. You are faced with constant overwhelm. In these times,......more

Goodreads review by Craig

Just so raw, honest and helpful. I have not personally hit rock bottom, but I have many loved ones who have and are still there, this book has been so golden in helping me understand people's minds better and how it's not an easy process to pick you self back up. I am in full belief that we all exper......more

Goodreads review by Emma

I have bought this book for a couple of people now – both for people struggling with anxiety and depression and for people who have loved ones going through it. It contains some really good tips and advice for people going through a similar thing.......more

Goodreads review by Luke

Part memoir, part self help book, Kevin explains how he "recovered" (he will not like me using that word, he spends a lot of the book deconstructing labels) from a breakdown that was brought on by years of anxieties, existential questions, work pressures, alcoholism, life dramas... His therapist who......more

Goodreads review by Aditi

Not an easy read like that of Matt Haig's books so I don't recommend if you are a beginner in learning about mental health. But it's an elaborate answer to almost everything that living with a mental illness like depression and anxiety encompasses. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it because there was a......more

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