Fairacres Publications 162 This candid, personal account of depression, and recovery from ‘out of the depths’, has helped many to come to terms with their own experiences, or provide support to other sufferers. By continuing to say the Psalms and read the Bible, through force of habit, the author discovered voices which penetrated his darkness and confusion. Wendy Robinson, the writer of the Epilogue, pays a warm tribute to Gonville ffench-Beytagh, with whom she shares an understanding of the challenge presented by depression for the Church and for the Christian faith. As a Christian psychotherapist, she contributes her own insights into the nature and treatment of depression, and its liberating potential.

Out of the Depths I Cried by Christopher L. Bishop Christopher L. Bishop was diagnosed with Major Depression, PTSD, and SAD at the beginning of 2014. After three hospitalizations and a two-month outpatient treatment program, he finally had developed an idea of what he needed to do to get better. He kept looking for a guide to the whole recovery process in order to better understand how to reclaim his life and move forward. Since there wasn’t one to be found, he decided to make one as he was going through the process to document and build upon his experiences and the things that he had to learn the hard way. Out of the Depths I Cried is a step-by-step guide to managing depression. It answers questions about how to ask for help and about how prayer (as he now understands it) can help one grow through depression. Learn about the tools that he placed in his backpack to carry on the road of recovery. People diagnosed with the mental disorder and “normal” people alike can benefit from these tools to manage depression and grow closer to God through prayer.

Walk with Lichelle as she shares her journey out of depression. This book is filled with both childhood and adult trauma she experienced that contributed to her mental health struggles. She has battled depression off and on for many years and understands the various challenges one faces. In this book, she details the things and people that both hurt and helped her along the way. She truly shares from the depth of her soul. Some of the challenges she faced she has shared with others, and there are other challenges which many will be learning about for the very first time. She shares about her losing all hope and wanting to die for a very long time. She is extremely transparent in her experience. She held nothing back; for she is glad that she has lived to tell her story and hopeful that she will help many others on their journey. This book is a journey from defeat to victory. It provides her story, but it also provides strategies and tools that others can use as they navigate their journey or help others to do so. There are no quick fixes to overcoming depression. It requires a lot of prayer and hard work. But, if you are up for the task and you have supportive people around you, it can be achieved. With this book, Lichelle hopes to continue the conversation of what depression really looks like and how it affects individuals. She hopes to help remove the stigma attached, especially in the church and she hopes to encourage greater work to support others; for it is direly needed. She cannot wait to become a part of this great work. She may have experienced some devastating things, but she believes that it is all working together for her good and for such a time as this.

A memoir of poems written at various low points in my life. My hope in writing this book is to reach into the trenches where some of you might be and help pull you out. To let you know that you are not alone. I see you. I was you. There is hope for the future. There is light in the future. Please just hold on.

Imagine one day waking up to find your identity having vanished. Who would you become if you had the chance to start over again? How would you view the world through new eyes?As a wave of depression continues to sweep the globe, are we now seriously being asked in some roundabout way to 'wake up' and consider who we really are? Hidden in the story of our life is the truth and within this truth the chance to start again, with a whole new vision.Welcome to your evolution.