How to Be Happy! A Depression Self Help Guide: Stopping Depression and Anxiety

By Grace Anderson

"How to Be Happy! A Depression Self Help Guide" is written by an author that has had personal experience dealing with depression. After many years Grace Anderson finally found the right combination of things to help her to take control of her life. She now walks through life with the knowledge that it is possible to get through the day without suff

• Language: English
• Publisher: La Belle Au Bois Dormant Publishing
• Release date: Jul 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781630222642

Grace Anderson

Grace Anderson is a researcher /author that writes based on experiences that she has had. She has struggled with bouts of depression ever since she was a child and really did not learn how to deal with it until she became an adult and decided to take a proactive approach to improving her mental health. Grace, along with the help of her doctors found out the real trigger for her depression and dealt and modified the drugs that she was prescribed to improve her condition. Using a combination of psychoanalysis, neurolinguistic programming and plenty of support from friends and family she was able to conquer her depression. Depression is an illness that is as common as your average cold. Follow Grace Anderson on her journey and find out how you too might be able to stop being depressed and start being happy.

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Printed in the United States of America

First Printing 2013

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edication

This book is dedicated to my strongest source of support, my husband.

Chapter 1- The Happy Gene - Can You Be Happy Without One?

Happiness is a state that many people seek throughout their lives. Some research indicates that happy people are that way due to a genetic disposition that allows them to stay upbeat, even in difficult circumstances. Do you need this gene to be happy in life, or can you recreate that mental state by certain actions and thought patterns.

The Happy Gene

Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles have determined that a specific gene controls the feeling of happiness. These happy people seem to have an easier time in life, eating well, sleeping comfortably, staying fit and going about their daily lives without the self-doubt and brooding feelings that many others have. This difference appears to be because of an oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR). Those people who have this gene have the neurochemical ability to absorb oxytocin, a chemical associated with love, attachment and other positive feelings. Happy people live longer and