But You LOOK Just Fine: Unmasking Depression, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder
Our inner struggles are not always revealed in our outward appearance.Those who live with a mood disorder often present as being just fine to those around them. Relationships, work-life, and quality of life may be greatly impacted, but the social mask worn is one of normalcy and calm.In But You LOOK Just Fine, the authors discuss a wide array of mood disorders and the latest research and treatments, looking one way while feeling another, the difficulty of disclosure, adjusting to a new normal, maintaining relationships and practical coping tools. Disorders are personalized by featuring a remarkable series of portraits and candid profiles of those who live with easily concealed mood disorders.If you want to know what it's like to live with a mental illness, you ask the people living with one. Abdulaziz and Sveilich asked. Prepare to be surprised. Prepare to be enlightened. This book won't disappoint. - John McManamy, author, Living Well with Depression and Bipolar DisorderFinally...a first-rate resource to hand to patients or to those with family members living with depression or any anxiety disorder. A SUPPORT GROUP IN A BOOK! - Sidney Cassell, MD.This book literally puts a FACE on mood disorders. My clients and colleagues will greatly benefit from this resource. - Nancy Gordon, LCSW