Getting It Done When Youre Depressed..., Julie A. Fast
Getting It Done When Youre Depressed..., Julie A. Fast
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Getting It Done When You're Depressed, Second Edition
50 Strategies for Keeping Your Life on Track

Author: Julie A. Fast, John Preston

Narrator: Stephanie Cannon

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: DK

Published: 01/12/2021

Synopsis

Don't let depression get in the way of the life you want to live!

Many people suffer from depression on a daily basis. The hard part is learning to live with it. Getting up and getting moving can seem like an insurmountable chore. You know you need to be productive but your brain just won't cooperate.

Getting It Done When You're Depressed offers 50 strategies to break the cycle of inactivity that so often accompanies depression. These strategies are practical and easily applicable for anyone trying to lead a lifetime of productivity, regardless of your mood.

In this revised edition, you'll find these strategies and more:
- Feel the depression--and do it anyway.
- Generate creativity.
- Allow time for positive results.
- Know when your brain is lying to you.
- Tips on differenciating depression from bipolar disorder.

It's time to come out from under your depression brain fog, create a daily structure, and feel great about yourself and your abilities again!

© 2021 Julie A. Fast; John D. Preston © 2021 DK Audio

About The Author

Julie A. Fast has lived with depression all of her adult life. During most of that time she struggled with getting things done, until she developed and used the strategies described in this book. She created www.bipolarhappens.com in 2002, wrote books on mood disorders (including Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder and Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder with co-author John D. Preston) and currently works as a coach for family members and partners as well as a trainer for health care professionals. Julie is an award winning researcher and mental health educator who believes we all can find a way to live and work around a difficult brain. Julie lives with bipolar disorder, a psychotic disorder, anxiety, and a head injury.John D. Preston, Psy.D., ABPP, is professor of psychology with Alliant International University, Sacramento, California. Dr. Preston is the author of 18 books on psychtherapy, psychopharmacology, spirituality and emotional healing, and neurobiology, among others. He is also the author of the "Drugs in Psychiatry" chapter in The Encyclopedia Americana.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dani on November 18, 2014

Full review at The Pluviophile Reader: [URL not allowed]-6V 3/5 stars. ebook, 270 pages. Read from August 26 to October 07, 2014. As I usually do with most of the self-help books I read, I took my time. What was refreshing with this book is that it helped me to realize that some of my thoughts and eve......more

Goodreads review by Alicia on January 10, 2021

This is an updated version of an earlier book, with added sections for each strategy to focus on that strategy related to modern issues like social media. There are 50 strategies and each one features an anecdote of how it helped someone that the author or co-author worked with, how it helps the aut......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on July 21, 2019

This book is painfully repetitive, and contains some misguided advice. For example, in a chapter devoted to the benefit of exercise, Julie A. Fast mentions offhand that we might be less depressed if we weren't so fat. That's not how it works, Julie. Skinny people don't have some magical quality that......more

Goodreads review by Christine on May 09, 2015

Getting It Done When You're Depressed was a wonderful read for me. I have read a number of reviews of the book, and many say the opposite. I've seen reviews that state that the book is just common sense, that it doesn't tell us anything we don't already know. I don't believe that the fact that it co......more

Goodreads review by Karen on May 25, 2009

I thought that this book provided a lot of useful strategies on how to be productive even when you're depressed. Getting stuff done is essential or else one falls deeper into depression. I especially liked the advice about starting projects even if you feel like you have no motivation to start becau......more

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