If You Can't Say Anything Nice.

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Why Read This Book?

Too often do we believe that we are alone in our Mental Health struggle. The intent in this book is to this perception and share my personal experience as someone who was too impoverished to seek Therapy or Medication. Through reading, you'll learn about my darkest times, the events that spurned forward life changing perspective shifts for me, and how to practice this information in your own life.


  • Chapter 1: This Could Be It

An introductory chapter, telling you a little background information on me, my suicidal ideation and how what you read in this book should never be supplement for any professional help. While there are discussions and quotes from various therapists I interview in here, unpacking your past or deeper trauma's may require more than just some well written words on a page. However, this book may push you to take steps towards professional help - and I love that idea.


  • Chapter 2: If You Can't Say Anything Nice...

Coupled with wishing I were better, I began devaluing who I was. This chapter explores my extremely toxic and negative internal dialogue.

"You don't deserve happiness"

"You're too broken to be loved"

"You'll never achieve your dreams"

This internal dialogue began to pervade my life and I ended up putting up walls to keep people out of my life as to not waste their time or mine.


  • Chapter 3: I'm Sorry I Get So Angry - I'm Just Anxious


A particularly hard chapter for me - this chapter delves into the hardest habit for me to break, scapegoating. I spent years allowing myself to be irritable during an anxious day or bipolar low - and taking that out on others. Being frustrated, short, rude, or otherwise unfun to be around, I used my mental health as a justification for never trying to be better and reign in bad behaviors.


  • Chapter 4: It's Like You're My Mirror

Justin Timberlake was onto something with his hit track, probably more than he intended. This chapter explores my deep negative self perception and how that manifested in all of my surrounding relationships whether platonic, romantic, or business. Spoiler alert: I was an asshole to a lot of people. And a very jealous boyfriend.


  • Chapter 5: I'll Be There For You


This chapter delves into what it means to have friendships when living with Mental Health disorders and how social media has influenced and affected those friendships. I sit down to discuss the idea behind expectations, and reciprocal relationships and why I don't believe that we are great friends to our friends.


  • Chapter 6: You Must Be Like Water

Parlaying from the prior, Chapter 7 delves into my anxiety, especially after my daughter was born. I began to grapple with the idea of control and becoming overloaded with every possible outcome in a situation. It took years of complete meltdowns at minor situations to relinquish control and be reactive to the situations around me.


  • Chapter 7: The Puppy Effect


Ever feel like you nullify all of your progress forward with one stumble. This brief chapter and wrap up to the book will explain how I think we should best measure growth within ourselves to prevent feeling like utter failures all of the time.



***MORE CHAPTER INFO TO COME***

~ALSO INCLUDED~

There will be a workbook included in each and every chapter to reflect on the information, lessons and perspectives and ask you to critically think about points in your life where these perspectives could assist you.

There is also an audiobook included for you busy bees on commutes, at the gym, or walking the doggos (or just, ya know, with alternative preferences).


DISCLAIMER

This goes without saying but I am *not* a mental health professional and only speak from my experience in what I did to help myself over this last decade.

This book may not help you, and certainly will not diagnose you or treat you. I will always recommend seeking diagnosis, therapy and/or medication from trained professionals.


I hope this book helps you to feel less alone, helps give you ideas on how to better train your thoughts and actions, and even spurns you forward to seek treatment that you maybe have put off for too long.

I dont need to know you personally to know you deserve love, peace, and kindness.

Hold Fast,


Dyllon



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