How To Tell Depression to Piss Off

The most easily understandable book on depression you will ever read. Crammed with sound advice and laughsFull of ways to hold someone’s hope and help nurture them back to good mental health‘I thought I knew a lot about depression, but despite having treated people for it - and suffered from it myself - I learned more as I read [How to Tell Depression to Piss Off] from cover to cover. James has written a book about depression that gives you hope tempered with realism and shot through with wonderful anarchic humour. He knows exactly what it is like to ‘feel too much’. He is refreshingly rude about the prissy crap written by many who do not understand depression or who have never experienced it. Yes, depression is a pernicious bugger and it’s fine to shout and swear at it. And if all else fails, follow James’s advice and get a cat’This is a very useful book. Personal, honest and accessible, written with humanity and humour – Dr Lucy Maddox, consultant clinical psychologist and writerApproaches the topic with a depth of understanding and offers practical tips (and a few laughs too) to help people, no matter what stage they’re at … this is a timely read that’s helpful, considered and deeply compassionate * Woman’s Way *

James Withey is the author of the bestselling book How to Tell Depression to Piss Off: 40 Ways to get Your Life back, and is the co-editor of The Recovery Letters: Addressed to People Experiencing Depression and What I Do to Get Through: How to Run, Swim, Cycle, Sew, or Sing Your Way Through Depression.

He is the founder of The Recovery Letters project which publishes online letters from people recovering from depression. James trained as a person-centred counsellor and worked in addiction, homelessness and mental health services. He lives with depression & anxiety and writes and speaks about mental health. He lives in Hove in the UK with his husband and emotionally damaged cat.