Disengaging with Depression with James Withey
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James Withey author of the best-selling book ‘How to Tell Depression to Piss Off - 40 Ways to Get Your Life Back’ is no stranger to clinical depression. The author and editor of five books about mental health and mental illness talks to My Possible Self about why depression is such a life-threatening illness and should be treated as such, drawing from his own lived experience with the sickness. James also offers coping strategies on how to distance yourself from the disease, discusses why it's important to do the opposite of what depression is telling you to do and explains why the key to recovery, is in finding meaning. Trigger warning, this episode contains content on the subject of suicide which some listeners may find upsetting.
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