Get It Done When You're Depressed

I feel like this gave a lot of quick tips on how to fight depression. It also gives a lot of stories that help you know you're not alone. I wish it had a chapter on Socratic questioning or stuff to help for comparison thinking. But, all together, this is a compact and powerful tool to take charge of depression rather than the other way around.

I have never written a review for any book, product or anything - ever! I am on page 55 (ebook) of this 270 page book, and for the first time in many years I feel HOPEFULL! The tools that are offered in this book are just amazing!This book is written by a depressed person who is REAL in dealing with the fact that we must control our actions, if we ever have a hope for a quality life and a healthy mental mind. Her tools (as I call them) are very real.I have read hundreds of self help books, articles, watched videos, heard speeches, classes and so forth. I have spent hundreds & hundreds of dollars on books and such about how to organize everything, lose weight, make my home/office more cheerful, negative thinking, depression, self esteem and on and on...Each time I bought anything I had hope and usually within the first few pages I knew it was already gone (though I did finish what I was reading/studying, only to be proven correct - sadly)In each one of them I had the thought of "get real" about their suggestions. There are no "go on vacations" tips here (not so far lol). I could care less about a vacation right now. I just want to figure out how to get the hell out of bed, put clothes on & earn a paycheck, without beating the hell out of myself in the process. Going to bed at night feeling like I did something, ANYTHING other then breath all day is my goal right now. She gets that! Oh she takes you MUCH further then breathing though!!!Even at just page 55 I feel like maybe just maybe I can reach for my goals/dreams again. I am 52 years old and this feeling has been a longgggggggggg time coming :)PS: Even for those who don't have depression and/or any Mental Health issues this is an awesome awesome self help book. I plan to buy several copies to give away. Everyone can benefit from this book.

I was quite impressed with this little book. I think that some people will relate to the 50 different strategies more so than others. But I can't imagine a depressed person NOT taking something valuable away from at least ONE of the 50 methods.What I liked even more than the specific strategies was Julie's clear and honest explanation of what it is like to have depression. She does a great job illustrating how the depressed brain operates differently. She includes personal examples from her own life for EVERY strategy.I did think her personal stories became a bit whiny and annoying by the end of the book, but I understand why she included them. I figure any frustration I have with her is the same frustration I have with my own depression. No-one wants to be whiny and self-absorbed, but when you're depressed, it happens.This is one of the better books for depression out there. Even if you aren't depressed, it's a great read because it will help you interact with and understand those who are.

This is the only resource I've ever used about how to deal with depression that is just honest about what it's really like. In fact, it's the most helpful thing that I've ever encountered to help with managing this crappy condition. I've spent 25+ years dealing with depression, mostly in denial that I even had depression. I have worked very hard to be happy, including being a dedicated yoga and meditation practitioner, using writing, lots of talk therapy, peer counseling, healing bodywork, developing healthy friendships, getting regular exercise, working with diet and so on. The piece I never got was that sometimes a person with depression just feels crappy and there's nothing they can do about it in that moment; but they have to keep going with their lives anyway. Seems simple, but when you just want to be "normal" and feel hopeful but instead you feel like you should truly just be dead, it isn't so easy. Julie Fast obviously knows what it's like to deal with depression, and has put all of her hard-earned knowledge down for the benefit of the rest of us. She writes with compassion and clarity, and presents the situation that depressed people face in a matter-of-fact way, which is what you need, in the end, to deal with the depression on a day-to-day basis. No therapist ever made me feel that they really understood how to manage it, and they definitely couldn't convey to me how to do it. I get it now. This book was the missing piece to all of the hard work I've done all these years. I can now separate the "real" me (who is actually cheerful and upbeat and caring) with the depressed me. I bought this as an e-book and just scanning through the table of contents on my phone when I'm having a hard day is immeasureably helpful. Thank you, Julie!

5 stars easy! Super helpful, not too long, straight to the point. Very well laid out and easy to understand.

quite helpful

The title caught my eye instantly! This is a great book, written by someone who knows about the crippling effects of depression. Brilliantly set out with her own personal experiences, that of others and a comment form a doctor. I have read it twice since I received it and underlined many of the comments and completed the exercises included. A must have.

It is an amazing book about how to manage your depression. It is very practical and helps you to live your life when you are depressed. There are 50 tips in the book, each one is insightful.

Plenty of tools to work with, excellent narrative and realistic aproach to practical solutions. I 'm asking my wife to read it, so she can understand me better.