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    Am I Crazy?: A Simple Guide to Stress
    Am I Crazy?: A Simple Guide to Stress
    Am I Crazy?: A Simple Guide to Stress
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    Am I Crazy?: A Simple Guide to Stress

    By Dr Onn Ridzwan Ghazi

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    This book is based on author's personal experience dealing with his own depression, anxiety and also of his patients. He wants you to understand what it feels like to be depressed or anxious. And if you are stressed, depressed or anxious, he wants you to know that you are not alone. In this book, the author shows you that there are things you can do to make yourself feel better and there is also what others can do to help you only if you ask for it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9789671250501
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      Book preview

      Am I Crazy? - Dr Onn Ridzwan Ghazi

      ISBN 978-967-12505-0-1

      Copyright © 2014 Onn Ridzwan bin Ghazi

      Published by Onn Ridzwan Ghazi

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in aretrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning or other – except for brief quotation in critical reviews or articles, without the prior permission of the publisher.

      CONTENTS

      PREFACE

      INTRODUCTION

      STRESS

      ANXIETY

      DEPRESSION

      SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION THAT YOU MAY EXPERIENCE

      HOW TO TELL IF SOMEONE ELSE IS DEPRESSED

      GRIEF

      CAUSES OF STRESS

      Stress growing up

      Stress due to traumatic events

      Needs verses wants

      Work related stress

      Relationships, marriage and divorce

      Stress with chronic illnesses

      Diet and lifestyle

      SUGGESTIONS

      These are the things you can do to improve and

      adapt to a stressful situation

      These are things you can do to improve your mood

      and your ability to cope with stress

      preface

      AM I CRAZY?? That’s probably the first thing you ask yourself if you are asked to see a psychiatrist or when you feel you have to. There is a possibility you feel that way because of the way mental illness is perceived from where you come from. You were probably brought up in an environment that only crazy people see a psychiatrist or a psychologist. If you have this fear of being judged, you probably have suffered silently from for a long time now.

      I am writing this book because so many people around me are in situations or conditions that may cause great stress. I am not sure if they are aware of it but they do exhibit symptoms of depression and anxiety. They do not have clinical depression or anxiety disorder but I fear if there is not enough awareness, they may succumb to the complications of stress. Stress not only causes mental illness but also causes chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus, hypertension, heart disease and cancer.

      Mental illness is poorly understood because just like pain it cannot be measured objectively because the experience is rather subjective. Furthermore, you will not be able to fully empathize with the other person if you don’t understand what it feels like.This book is about stress, the effects of it and causes of it. It is about making you aware of the situations that cause stress and

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