High Functioning Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy

<p><b>''A roadmap back to yourself’ </b><i>Mel Robbins</i><b> | ‘Opens us to a different way of thinking’ </b><i>Dr Ramani Durvasula</i> <b>| ‘Her compassionate approach, rigorous research, and insightful analysis make this book a must-read'' </b><i>Paul Brunson</i><br><br><i><b>*Foreword by Mel Robbins*</b></i><br><br><b>A tried-and-tested handbook for understanding why you are experiencing High-Functioning Depression and how you can find the way back to hope and your true self.</b><br><br>Do you feel you’re simply going through the motions? Succeeding at work, pulling your weight at home, living an active social life . . . yet deep down, you feel drained? If so, you may be experiencing High-Functioning Depression.<br><br>In the first book to uncover this new form of depression, Columbia University clinical psychologist Dr Judith Joseph draws on her personal struggles with the illness, revealing brand-new research and client cases to demystify this common yet poorly understood condition.<br><br>Discover her empowering plan for managing depressive episodes, called the Five V’s:<br>• <b>Validation</b>: processing past traumas and present pain<br>• <b>Venting</b>: releasing frustrations and anxieties<br>•<b> Values</b>: identifying our key purpose and priorities<br>•<b> Vitals</b>: slowing down to hear our needs<br>• <b>Vision</b>: celebrating successes, milestones and everyday joy<br><br>By following the Five V’s, we can put an end to self-sacrifice and self-sabotage, calm our inner turmoil, and go from merely functioning to truly living.</p>