Free Self-Help to Recover From or Cope With Some Problems

This self-help series covers several things, including:

• Depression
• Marriage difficulties and family relations
• Parenting
• Bullying and teasing
• Anger problems
• Unemployment
• Addiction
• Anxiety problems like worry, phobias, panic and obsessive-compulsive disorder
• The aftermath of some traumatic experiences
• Life-threatening illness (mainly cancer and alzheimers/dementia)
• Self-harm, like eating disorders and self-injury
• Severe Mental Illness Like Schizophrenia
• Grief and loneliness
• Losing weight

Articles in this Self-Help series

• Overcoming Depression and Worry.
• Helping a Husband or Wife Over Depression.
• Fighting Depression - Changing Thinking Patterns from Negative to Positive, While Being Realistic.

• Improving a Marriage Instead of Getting a Divorce.
• Healing a Marriage After an Affair.
• Getting or Wanting More Sex in Marriage:
  Instalment One: Why Sex with Your Husband or Wife is Important for the Marriage, Some Causes of Low Sexual Desire, and Things That Can Boost Sexual Desire.
  Instalment Two: Things a Person Who Wants More Sex Can Do to Entice Their Husband or Wife to Want More, and Talking About Sex.
• Saving a Marriage When a Loved One Wants Divorce.
• Getting On Better With Difficult Older Parents.

• Parenting Difficult Teenagers.

• Protecting Yourself From Being Teased At School.
• How Schools Can Reduce Bullying.
• Reducing Verbal Abuse from Work Colleagues.

• Learning to Control Anger.

• Coping With Unemployment.

• Conquering Any Kind of Addiction or Craving.
• Helping an Alcoholic Husband Want to Get Sober.

• Stopping Worry Ruining Your Life.
• Calming Generalised Anxiety Disorder or Worry.
• Getting Cured of Agoraphobia and Panic Disorder.
• Getting Over Panic Attacks and Hospital Phobia.
• Getting Rid of Animal and Insect Phobias.
• Recovering from Social Phobia:
  Instalment One: Changing Thinking Patterns, Relaxation and Conversational Skills.
  Instalment Two: Disagreements, Worry, Dating, Feeling More Positive, Relaxation and Job Interview Tips.
  Instalment Three: Upsetting Mental Images, Criticism, Assertiveness, Blushing, and Changing Behaviour.
• Conquering Distressing Abhorrent OCD Thoughts.
• Recovery from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

• Healing from the Trauma of Rape.
• Healing from the Trauma of Domestic Violence.
• Learning to Enjoy Life Again After Abuse or Childhood Neglect.

• Reducing the Effects of a Life-Threatening Illness.
• Caring For Someone With Alzheimer's Disease or Other Dementia.

• How Life Can Improve For People With Anorexia.
• Stopping Yourself Wanting to Self-Injure.

• Helping Someone With Schizophrenia or Bipolar Disorder.

• Freeing Yourself From Grief and Loneliness.

• Fighting Fat.

This self-help series is a work in progress. More articles are being planned and written. If you like, come back every month or two to see what's been added.

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Go to the People's Concerns Page which features audio interviews on various life problems. There are also links with the interviews to places where you can find support and information about related issues.