Blog Posts provided to date address How the Book’s content can turn One’s Life Around, in a Most Positive Way Significantly, or to the Extent of Life Savings … For myself … for my Son’s … but Most Eye Opening is when I saw the Positive Impacts of this Book, with Book in hand only, on People I came across who evidently Read and Worked This. This confirmed how Powerful of a Book this is. I discuss those Successes Observed on the Amazon site for my Book in “From the Author” section, just below the main Book Description. Here is the site, so you may want to take a look …. amazon.com/RISE-SHINE-Anx… ((FYI: When you bring up this site, Select “Read more” showing the complete Book description. Look just below other advertised Books below the description, and you will see that section “From the Author”… While on that Amazon site, suggest to “Look Inside” and look thru the rather descriptive “Table of Contents”, which addresses the Book’s coverage.))
Book Blog post entitled “This Growth Process, the Expectations, and resultant EXCITEMENT, once you start Working This” (dated 10/25/18), does address the Sufferers Expectations During and Subsequent to Working this Process. This includes human conditioning provisions/needs, to Ease the Impacts & hardships on the Individual, when dealing with the Process as One progresses and Practices what is Learned, in Real Life situations. Here is the site of all the Book Blog posts … just scroll down to the desired one… (https://riseandshineanxietydepression.net/rise-and-shine-blogs/
First two paragraphs in Section 7 of Book, entitled “Final Summation; Recovery and Striving Towards Peace of Mind in Life” are included below reflecting the corresponding Expectations following completion of Reading and Working this Book… Partial of the second paragraph is provided which is included in its entirety in the noted 10/25/18 Book Blog post above. The 1st paragraph shown is not included in that post.
“Once you have worked this process over a reasonable length of time, you need to congratulate yourself. You are about to “”begin a more confident Life feeling stronger and with a highly effective set of coping skills. You may have a hard time believing you’ve come so far, so fast. But this is just the beginning. You will find yourself going for longer and longer periods of time without depression, anxious feelings, or symptoms. That is when you will notice the change. You will find yourself handling certain anxiety producing situations differently, more effectively. You will think to yourself that you have grown. You will find yourself becoming more assertive. You will become more compassionate with yourself. All of this will become more apparent as time passes. You will still experience anxiety, depression and nervousness at times. Everyone does. But you will view it and handle it differently. It won’t scare you the way it did before.”” {Note that the double quoted text are Lucinda’s exact words in this post, which are explained in Book (section 1.8 b)) as her “quoted text”.}
“As Forest Gump says, “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you are going to get”; Love that movie :). Yeah, this quote is not funny at times, but it is True, since Life is just not Fair (often), and we’d be human :). And yeah, getting somewhat down or anxious every now and then will likely happen even when we are as Solid as we can be with the implementation of the included Positivity Tools & Skills. But those down times or anxious times will be Much Less Often than before (No Doubts!) and will have Much Less Impact on Us. Now you have the Coping Skills/Tools to put up that mental stop sign, challenging whatever is getting you down or anxious, and readily reversing the negativity in a Positive way/manner so that they do not result in significant levels of Anxiety or Depression. Lucinda calls some of these future down/anxious times “”Growth Spurts”” which are “”normal and merely represent opportunities to polish your skills.”” . ……”
When One initially Learns the Process, since they have not yet extensively practiced much of All Learned in Real Life situations, there likely will be more challenges upfront, and more of those “Growth Spurts” vs. an Individual who has worked it for some time. Over time, the Individual becomes more comfortable with all the elements combined as section 7 does further address. But Yes. if ya do it Right, as explained in that 10/25/18 Book Blog post addressed above, there will be a high level of EXCITEMENT involved, and RELIEF, which I should have also identified! You will Know at this time, Finally (likely), you have come across Something that Flat Out Works (!), as it was for me and others as that post explains. Subsequently, you’ll just want to Keep It Going!
As section 7 continues to address:
“It is seriously worthwhile or Essential I should say, to go through this Book/material, a Second time through …… . As a Sufferer, after the first time through the process, there may be a few remaining burrs that need polishing, or there may be a few subtle but possibly key things that you may have missed, so a second time through is highly suggested.” … This was Certainly the case for me. This second go-around also allows one to continue to Hone the All Important Tools/Skills as we continue to Use and Practice them in/through Life … getting Stronger & More Resilient in the Process!
In section 1.7, I state:
“Do I still use the acquired coping skills in Life to keep myself balanced? Absolutely, because it is a WAY OF LIFE! I don’t care who you are, but there will always be challenges in Life. And, sure I have days that are not as good as others, and feel a bit negative at times but I now have the coping skills that allows me to promptly put a halt to the negative feelings and turn things around in a Positive and often empowering way. Even the Dalai Lama probably has an occasional bad moment or day :), but please, I am not drawing any comparisons here :).”
Case in point about some issues/situations that have cropped up Very Recently, in the past couple months in Life, which demonstrates the Importance of having such Knowledge & Coping Skills through Life (!)… I have a Kidney condition, which can or will (?) eventually lead to Kidney functional loss … I’m reaching a point where the impacts are being noticed some; I’ll spare you the details of the symptoms etc., but nothing here to look forward to by any means … To extend the life of the Kidneys, as a Doctor was highly suggesting, I just stopped consuming of All Alcoholic beverages and that certainly is not a lot of fun e.g. around the holidays here, or just to have some fun loving times every now and then with friends, and with an IPA in hand; those be my favs, which I brewed some 80 batches to date :) … Not a sobriety thing though … Oh Well, kind of a bummer but, Such is Life :); not fun & not very easy!
Then I learned on return from a trip to Vermont 11/27/18, my Son was diagnosed with Type II Bi-Polar disorder :(. This was many years after being diagnosed by professionals as having Anxiety/Depression like Dadio. Of course I am the Dadio that takes things to heart … How couldn’t I when it is my own blood, my Son :(.
Well, all that I wrote about has been Huge for him, nonetheless, as it did initially Save His Life up front, and has given him a Solid Base to Work with. But now, from what I understand about Type II Bi-Polar disorder, contrary to Anxiety & Depression there is a need for meds which he will have to take for the rest of his Life, in keeping things Real vs. Unreal in his Thoughts, & Most Importantly in his Actions! Things were getting out of Bounds, Irrationally, on the Hi side of things as he came forth, leading to this recent diagnosis. It is a WOW and Sad learning some about this condition when untreated…
To a lesser degree of Importance as for myself, this has not been an easy set of affairs/events, needless to say, so it is challenging and numbing at times … Thanks God for All I have Learned, in conjunction with the Importance of allowing My Faith to Grow, which collectively allows me to maintain that Inner Strength. These events are making it Clear once again, that FAITH is half the game or at least half the Game of Life, and Beyond that, especially when things get outside Our Control… If I could not maintain that Inner Strength, then how could I be much of a Support for my Son in these trying times of adjustment he needs to go through? Can’t imagine if I was a Major Sufferer with Anxiety/Depression like I was in the past, when I was a Worse Caser?!… If I would have miraculously made it to this age (62) in that state, which would be unlikely, unless I had multiple lives, I would just be in Serious Trouble once again in light of these events.
Yeah…, this Book and what One can Learn is Absolutely Priceless in establishing a Solid Base in Life in dealing with Anxiety/Depression, OCD, PTSD, Addiction (recovery) which are all negative thinking based Conditions. This is with the understanding there would be modulation/adjustment & med needs, if e.g. Bi-Polar or equally Significant Conditions were involved.
In Retrospect/Summation, Why so Effective:
- Book includes Full Step by Step Instruction Set, and Details where appropriate, per the Positivity/Coping Tools/Skills Process, which encompasses the Book’s majority.
- Positivity vs negativity controls Our Well Being 100%! Each negative thought impacts Our body/brain chemistry in a negative way, and each Positive thought reverses that … The Sum of the negative and Positive thoughts over time will make us feel Bad if mainly negative, which eventually results in Significant levels of Anxiety/Depression unless we know how to switch that negative mindset to a Positive one. If We All had predominantly Positive thoughts going on, those identified Issues would not exist. And remember, most negative thoughts are not even real; those were quantified to be approx. 95% not real per what I learned … now those that are real are the ones we need to deal with Appropriately…
- How Best To drill down to our individual negative thoughts and sources of our negativity and dealing with all that as Best We Can, switching those negatives to Positives, in light of the Crosses We Bear, is what it takes to ignite Our Positive Selves. This is the Basis of the included Positivity/Coping Tools/Skills Process, or Life Management Skills, and as such, this approach Personalizes the Book’s Common Process/Template for Everyone.
- We All Have to do the Work Ourselves to Take Care of Ourselves and No One can do that for Us!
- This is a Cognitive/Behavior modification, Repetitive training Process which I Strongly Believe is what it takes to reprogram and swing a negative mindset to a Positive mindset. I’ve heard CBT techniques taught by professionals, are personalized for Sufferers. But this is unnecessary per the included Process, since as identified, the included process is personalized as the Sufferer deals with their own negative thoughts and sources of their negativity themselves, personalizing matters. Besides, as humans and as Sufferer with Anxiety/Depression, or those negativity thinking based conditions addressed, we all think, operate and are the same essentially. Hence, this is why this TRUE Self-Help Book translates to Everyone.
- It Takes a Repetitive Training Process (ref: Book Blog post dated 9/19/18) to initiate the Necessary Changes within!… Did you ever read a Book that says if you think Positive instead of negative you would be Fine, or you talk to a Professional and they address the same? If You are a Sufferer, there may be moments of glee and you temporarily may feel better or rejuvenated when you first read or hear such Positive things, but when you shut that Book or close the door then nothing really has Changed in our thought process, unless the Sufferer Works matters Appropriately… Interestingly, besides the Importance of the Repetitive Training needs per the Positivity/Coping Tools/Skills, Repetitive Training of the Bible/Scriptures (as Christians) is also what we need to do, to Enhance Our Faith…
- Eating Well, Exercise, and :)s /Laughter /Humor are likewise addressed in the Book, which are all Important in support of a Positive Well Being.
- We are like a Summing link in a sense, so whatever we do for Ourselves Positively will just add up to a More Positive demeanor… Now, when Combining Our more Positive selves, with Our Faith … allowing Our Faith to Grow… which is the basis of Our Positivity, really does cover all Our bases, whether things are within Our Control (Our thoughts and actions), or outside Our Control… or even at times, when we feel we may have lost control of matters seemingly within our grasps when e.g. suffering with Deep Depression. Why Our Faith/Foundation is the basis of Our Positivity (?): Simply, as We All Know, when We do the Right things in Life and Live Life the Right Way, that always feels GOOD, and if We Don’t, We DON’T!
- (ref: Book Blog post dated 9/27/18, & 10/11/18): Regarding additional Importance of the Positivity Tools/Skills Process, this provides a Stepping Stone, or Enhancement of Our Faith… Isn’t it Very Clear when we are Positive vs. negative, and our thoughts are Clear, Our Connection just seems to be So Much Better then vs. when we are negative? Of Course it Is! … Now, in sect 4 of Book, Positivity Statements are Tied together with Our Faith/Prayer, making Our Positive Statements to Ourselves as Powerful as they can be. In Essence, the Positivity Tools are a perfect complement/supplement to the Bible (if Christian), addressing How Best We can take care of Ourselves based on our Biological and Physiological makeup as humans, not covered within the Bible. Examples of this includes: Importance of Exercise, Eating well, :)s/laughter… how to breathe Best as humans … how best to deal with our worries as best we can, dealing with those worries of today, and not the worries of tomorrow or thereafter as addressed in the Bible, & providing necessary Details regarding such matters… & As I looked further and compared the Positivity Tools/Skills Process and the Bible, I realized the parallels and uniformity are So Strong and Complete! That made it Very Clear, why this Total Process is So Effective when One Works This :)!
- We In No Way can Individually match what I came across, compliments of the X-Sufferer Lucinda who I mention often in my Book, who I initially learned from, and who Saved my Life up front, per the Proven Positivity Tools/Skills Process She, and Professionals she knew, developed over the course of 16 years! Additionally, what I added to the Process, Certainly Can Only Help, especially if we fall on the Depressive side of the fence … and then again, Tying & Combining the Positivity Process with section 4 Our Faith/Our Foundation per our Positivity statements can be Very Empowering as well, and if Deeply Depressed, maybe Essential as it was for me (ref: Blog post dated 10/11/18).
Human nature comes into play here, which often deters us from moving Forward as it Certainly did for/to me for years … We often think we can figure out that negativity to Positivity game Ourselves, and know what’s Best, since we think we know Ourselves better than anyone … Well, Yes, we do know Ourselves, but when it comes down to such mental health issues, we are at a loss, since such matters are SO CONFUSING and Beyond! We need to Learn these Tools/Skills and Sequence of matters of How Best To Do All This. We were not born with this Knowledge base, and Sufferers are predominantly very negative which makes that game Extremely Difficult if not Impossible, if don’t know How Best to … Such attempts to do it on my own, did not work at all, which almost cost me my Life … & I hardly am nor would be alone here …& When we are hurting some, and mental health matters progress and get worse, which is usually the case, we will then often wait way too long, to a point of maybe being suicidal, just like I did, as we hit Rock Bottom before we are then willing to Work on Ourselves and be Willing to Accept Change within. Up to this point we just get locked into another human factor problem, as we often do the same thing and magically expect different results which Never works … and of course ditto me early on.
Then there are all those mind games and “Resistances to Change” (ref. subject of (2) posts dated 8/14/18 & 8/23/18), or in other words, more unreal/negative thoughts which kick in along the way, which inhibits us from Trying & Working matters out Appropriately… Ironic, when ya think about it, considering, negativity is what got us into those holes or pits to begin with… So Go figure us out :).
And then there are the very interesting deterrents at times, when some are often enamored or maybe entranced by the popularity games, and credentials in this arena, when viewing stats, and may wonder … what could I possibly know ?…
Anyway, no need for these deterrents, and efforts to continue in our own ways in attempts to “Reinvent the wheel” in likely futile & painstaking efforts to figure out mental health Issues on our own; I again tried that through 46 years of my Life to no avail.
Yep, a Priceless Education my Friends… Can’t really say more. Ya may want to take some more time and look at some of the other Book Blog posts below. Book has All One’s Needs for those as stated, and in a TRUE Self-Help Book form I don’t think it is feasibly possible for anything to be better.
Have a Beautiful Day, and Always Remember Life Is GOOD … We may not always see the GOOD, but Keep on Looking for IT :),
Ron
"Rise and Shine Anxiety & Depression & Life Management Tools" & "Rise and Shine Parents Self-Help Guide for the Youngins" 