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Silver Linings: Breaking Through the Clouds of Depression
Whether it is a feeling of inadequacy, insecurity, or inferiority that keeps you from living fully, Silver Linings offers suggestions for things to do to help get rid of the depression, now. Littauer offers practical insight on how to determine the cause of your depression, physical, psychological, or spiritual, and maps out guidelines of constructive action people can take to overcome depression. She also offers guidance for those who live with a depressed person and for those who counsel someone who is depressed.
Mass Market Paperback
First published December 16, 2005
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Florence Littauer
116 books62 followersFlorence Littauer is a Christian self-help author and public speaker. Littauer is best known for her series of books based upon the Personality Plus personality system. She was listed as one of Helen K. Hosier's "100 Christian Women Who Changed the Twentieth Century" and has received the National Speakers Association's Council of Peers Award for Excellence and has been designated by them as a Certified Speaking Professional.
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February 28, 2014
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Silver Linings: Breaking Through the Clouds of Depression
One day while browsing through the internet, I came across this little book. At first, what caught my attention was the bright and colorful balloon on the front cover, and then the title sounded interesting. Next thing I knew, I was reading the description and then the dreaded thought came to me, “I need to buy this book, now!” And that was both a good AND a bad thing…
After reading a previous reviewer’s comments on the book I thought that maybe the person didn’t finish reading the book and perhaps they missed on getting some clarification. Well, that was not the case. I decided to clear my head of said comment and proceeded to read the book.
Now, while I do believe that this book has very good information and inside stories about depression, I DO have to agree with this reviewer. The author probably knew she was going to get burned by readers for the way in which she expresses her life(or lifestyle), because she actually defends herself (from said critics) in the book. Lets note that this books is a re-print of a first edition from YEARS ago(which I didn’t know at the moment of purchase)-so maybe this defense/apology was not part of the first book.
Anyways, for me personally I do not mind an author-especially a christian one-when they admit to a negative or less-than pretty past. But when this happens, I like for it to be followed by some demonstration of change or some moving past that time. I just do not understand why she felt the need to talk about how selfish she AND her husband were, and how needy or whatever she was, but still talks about as if it was something to be proud of. It came across-at least for me-as if she still thinks the same way she did years ago, only now she has KNOWLEDGE on topics of depression and the like.
It felt horrible to read about how both their sons were just some heirs to their “grand and exquisite” life. Then there’s the third son-adopted-who finally gave this people some kind of “relief” to their apparent embarrassment as human beings AND parents for producing “two damaged sons” , because this is actually how she refers to them throughout the book-as damaged… I do agree-to some extent-that if you are not able to care for your children because of your mental state, then yes, you should have somebody to help you with them. Now, that does not mean that you give your children away for someone else to raise them(do all the dirty work) while you go on with your life while claiming hurt because they’re not with you and yada-yada. I personally think that if you have the resources AND money to afford all of the earthly JUNK that is so precious to you, then I guess you DO have enough to bring the care for your sick children to your own mansion, instead of sending them off to a clinic in which they live to be teenagers before they eventually die!
Then she also mentions her magazine spread worthy wedding(at least twice), her expensive paintings, the fabulous Christmas party, etc…
I thought of giving the book 3 stars but I've given that to better books, so 2 is what it gets!
Silver Linings: Breaking Through the Clouds of Depression
One day while browsing through the internet, I came across this little book. At first, what caught my attention was the bright and colorful balloon on the front cover, and then the title sounded interesting. Next thing I knew, I was reading the description and then the dreaded thought came to me, “I need to buy this book, now!” And that was both a good AND a bad thing…
After reading a previous reviewer’s comments on the book I thought that maybe the person didn’t finish reading the book and perhaps they missed on getting some clarification. Well, that was not the case. I decided to clear my head of said comment and proceeded to read the book.
Now, while I do believe that this book has very good information and inside stories about depression, I DO have to agree with this reviewer. The author probably knew she was going to get burned by readers for the way in which she expresses her life(or lifestyle), because she actually defends herself (from said critics) in the book. Lets note that this books is a re-print of a first edition from YEARS ago(which I didn’t know at the moment of purchase)-so maybe this defense/apology was not part of the first book.
Anyways, for me personally I do not mind an author-especially a christian one-when they admit to a negative or less-than pretty past. But when this happens, I like for it to be followed by some demonstration of change or some moving past that time. I just do not understand why she felt the need to talk about how selfish she AND her husband were, and how needy or whatever she was, but still talks about as if it was something to be proud of. It came across-at least for me-as if she still thinks the same way she did years ago, only now she has KNOWLEDGE on topics of depression and the like.
It felt horrible to read about how both their sons were just some heirs to their “grand and exquisite” life. Then there’s the third son-adopted-who finally gave this people some kind of “relief” to their apparent embarrassment as human beings AND parents for producing “two damaged sons” , because this is actually how she refers to them throughout the book-as damaged… I do agree-to some extent-that if you are not able to care for your children because of your mental state, then yes, you should have somebody to help you with them. Now, that does not mean that you give your children away for someone else to raise them(do all the dirty work) while you go on with your life while claiming hurt because they’re not with you and yada-yada. I personally think that if you have the resources AND money to afford all of the earthly JUNK that is so precious to you, then I guess you DO have enough to bring the care for your sick children to your own mansion, instead of sending them off to a clinic in which they live to be teenagers before they eventually die!
Then she also mentions her magazine spread worthy wedding(at least twice), her expensive paintings, the fabulous Christmas party, etc…
I thought of giving the book 3 stars but I've given that to better books, so 2 is what it gets!
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