Exploring Depression, and Beating the Blues by Tony Attwood

Author:Tony Attwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857009074
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2016-08-06T04:00:00+00:00

Intense happiness, success and enjoyment are powerful antidotes to feeling sad. Nick Dubin, an adult author with Asperger’s syndrome, has written in his excellent book on depression, ‘I have never met anyone with Asperger’s syndrome who was depressed when they were involved with a special interest.’6

Your special interest can restore energy and strengthen self-esteem, as well as act as a thought blocker to anxious or sad thoughts.

Thus, your special interest, because of the pleasure it provides you, can be a very useful tool in the Emotion Repair Toolbox.

Be aware, however, that it can be so enjoyable that you may be criticized by others for spending too much time engaged it. When that occurs, you will need alternative tools in your toolbox.

The special interest could be represented by a torch that enables you to see something in more detail.

What is your special interest?

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