Author Therese Borchard defines herself as a “manic-depressive, an alcoholic, and an adult child of an alcoholic; a codependent, a boundaries violator, and a stage-four people pleaser; an information hoarder or a clutter magnet, an Internet abuser, and an obsessive-compulsive or ritual performing weirdo; a sugar addict, a caffeine junkie, a reformed binge smoker, and an exercise fanatic; a hormonally imbalanced female, a PMS-prone time bomb, and a sexually dysfunctional or neutered creature; a workaholic, an HSP (highly sensitive person), and, of course, I’m Catholic.”
Beyond Blue is a memoir/self-help book compiled by Therese for people who are suffering with depression. It is written in a very straight-forward, tell-all way and makes any depressive feel “normal” by reading Therese’s words. She offers a very honest and open look into her life from childhood, on and the reader is able to walk with her as her depression reaches it’s lowest. She offers many inspirational quotations as well as facts from numbers of studies about depression and anxiety. The reader will complete this book feeling inspired, knowing that there are other people out there who are going through what they are going through and knowing that they can and will get through their depression.
This book is definitely a must-read for anyone struggling with depression. She offers her own advice for dealing with different struggles that depression may bring (for example, having a Self-Esteem File) and she also gives you scientific information for it. It is very clear that she has done a great deal of research on her condition (so you don’t have to), has read many-a books and been through a number of doctors and medicine trials. She also gives readers a list of recommended books at the end if you are still searching for more answers.
I highly recommend this book for those struggling with depression and anxiety or for those who know someone struggling with depression and anxiety, I believe it will be a great help and will push them in the right direction.
A special thank you to Anna at Hachette for providing me with the opportunity to review this book.
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Thanks for the review. Very thoughtful and well written.