Ask the Author: Alan Watson
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Alan Watson
My next book will be on the contradiction of science. I have not started it yet as i still have alot of research to undertake until i am happy that what i share will be of worth, This is what i did with my book Depression: the way i think, the way i feel. I tend not to express my thoughts and feelings on a matter until i am sure that it is true and of worth. I was taught with regards to when i speak that if it is not true, not kind and not necessary then not to say anything at all, I feel as though this pertains to writing also.
Alan Watson
It was at the age of 17 that I decided, because no doubt feeling “depressed” myself to look more deeply into depression and the theories, treatments etc on it. Eventually a few years ago I decided that I had learned enough to be able to now share my thoughts and feelings to everyone that I could about depression, how to overcome it, and live a content and even jubilant life. I would say therefore that the inspiration came over time, the big push however was a few years ago after witnessing alot of people believing that depression was something that they could not overcome. Well I know better!! as i had overcome it! I decided it was now time to strive to make others know that it was possible dispite what conventional teachings said about it.
Alan Watson
I suffered from a low period in my life at 17 years of age, which lasted without a break for nearly a year. Every morning I would wake up and feel I was unable to shake the feeling of being low and cheerless from my life; until one day I learned a lesson that helped me change. Now of course, that wasn’t it, time moves on as it does, and other situations in my life caused me to have low periods. Lessons along the way help me to overcome them, until eventually I am at the state I am at now of being in a condition of mindfulness and self reliance. So a few years ago i decided, after hearing a number of people expressing feeling low themselves and not being able to shake it to write this book. If the lessons learned helped me perhaps they will help others i thought.
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