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How Are You?
How Are You : Understanding the Silent Struggle of Stress, Anxiety, and Depression.
A friend asks, “How Are You?”
You want to say, “I’m fine”, but you know that is untrue. You are in pain, but you don’t know how to express it.
*****
A friend says, “I’m fine”, but you know there is something more beyond those simple words.
You notice something is not right, but you don’t know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don’t know where and how to start.
Stress, Anxiety, and Depression are 3 of the most common mental and emotional challenges that people are struggling with.
No one should be left to face the struggle alone, and no should.
“How Are You”, written by Assistant Psychologist Aiman Amri and Youth Motivator Aiman Azlan, explores the topic of Stress, Anxiety and Depression; from how survivors can cope with them to how friends and family members can understand these human problems better so that they may be compassionate and considerate towards those who struggle in silence.
They are no longer alone.
A friend asks, “How Are You?”
You want to say, “I’m fine”, but you know that is untrue. You are in pain, but you don’t know how to express it.
*****
A friend says, “I’m fine”, but you know there is something more beyond those simple words.
You notice something is not right, but you don’t know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don’t know where and how to start.
Stress, Anxiety, and Depression are 3 of the most common mental and emotional challenges that people are struggling with.
No one should be left to face the struggle alone, and no should.
“How Are You”, written by Assistant Psychologist Aiman Amri and Youth Motivator Aiman Azlan, explores the topic of Stress, Anxiety and Depression; from how survivors can cope with them to how friends and family members can understand these human problems better so that they may be compassionate and considerate towards those who struggle in silence.
They are no longer alone.
- GenresSelf HelpNonfiction
203 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2019
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July 15, 2019
The reason I bought this book is because I was intrigued by the synopsis. It says,
A friend asks, “How Are You?”
You want to say, “I’m fine”, but you know that is untrue. You are in pain, but you don’t know how to express it.
A friend says, “I’m fine”, but you know there is something more beyond those simple words.
You notice something is not right, but you don’t know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don’t know where and how to start.
When I opened and start reading it, I already felt like this book is going to be good and most of the time I can’t wait to know more what’s inside the book.
This book is about Understanding Stress, Anxiety and Depression. There are many tips shared by the authors and all are the good tips and of course they can be applied to help someone with mental illness.
Apart from the tips that have been shared, there are some theories and analogies that I honestly just knew about. They really are interesting. The very interesting topic discussed in this book is about the 5 Myths of Depression. For example, depression is the work of Djinn and Satan. And people with depression should be isolated from society. People should learn something from this. How? They are all in the book. You just got to read it.
Mental health issue is a heavy and complicated topic to discuss. However, the way the authors delivered this topic made easy to follow and understand. It felt like I was in the therapy session. It has some sort of connection between me and the authors. Like a student with a lecturer and a patient with a psychiatrist. (Though I’ve never experienced the therapy session before) but I think that's what it feels like.
I’m thankful for the knowledge that have been shared by the authors and just keep on writing and spread the knowledge to people. Thank you for this.
April 8, 2019
Buku ini sangat baik untuk dibaca. Saya menyarankan mereka yg mempunyai kenalan yg mengalami masalah stress, anxiety dan depression serta mereka yg mengalami masalah ini sendiri untuk membaca buku ini. Buku ini sangat mudah difahami kerana penulis banyak menggunakan analogi bagi membantu pemahaman pembaca. Selain itu, isi buku ini tidak hanya menceritakan hal² teori, tetapi juga hal² praktikal serta rasional bagi segala saranan tindakan yg dikemukakan. Happy Reading!
September 20, 2019
This book is an eye opener. I bought this book to understand myself more. It really helps me on how should I care for myself and how to listen to others as well. I really appreciate that this book is out here.
December 27, 2021
Started off with a strong foreword, but the rest fell short for me. Following both Aimans sharing on social medias, this book doesn’t lived up to their verbal sharing, to be honest. Because I have watched them talking through the details in a such impressive, and informative way. This book offers the basic understanding of the silent struggle of stress, anxiety, and depression. Written in simple english, its the most comprehensive read about the topics if English is not your first language.
A few things you can learned :
- Be empathic towards mentally ill people
- Mental illness is not because of lack of faith
- Being an active listener and not being judgemental is a choice
- Try to make daily plans to be in control, and set backs is okay
- Scientifically, women can get depressed easily than men, but when men gets it, it can get worst than women
My favourite chapter would be Finding Peace in Pain : Religion & Depression. Battling mental illness and being stigmatised is painful enough, that we don’t need others to measure our faith just because we are suffering from a mental illness.
A few things you can learned :
- Be empathic towards mentally ill people
- Mental illness is not because of lack of faith
- Being an active listener and not being judgemental is a choice
- Try to make daily plans to be in control, and set backs is okay
- Scientifically, women can get depressed easily than men, but when men gets it, it can get worst than women
My favourite chapter would be Finding Peace in Pain : Religion & Depression. Battling mental illness and being stigmatised is painful enough, that we don’t need others to measure our faith just because we are suffering from a mental illness.
May 18, 2020
This book hits close to home. I got it as a present from my dear friend. I think everyone should read this book. It gives you insight on anxiety, stress and depression. Reading this book make me want to shove it under the noses of people who belittled my struggles when I opened up to them (never again).
May 19, 2021
Highly recommended book for all people out there. A short one but very eye opening.
The book mentioned a lot about stigmas and people's perceptions regarding mental health issues, and descriptions and analogies about the mental health disorder so that we could understand them better.
The book mentioned a lot about stigmas and people's perceptions regarding mental health issues, and descriptions and analogies about the mental health disorder so that we could understand them better.
September 18, 2019
Buku yang menggambarkan secara jelas mengenai mental health. Mengupas isu-isu yang penting mengenai stress, depression dan juga anxiety.
Isinya berat. Namun, mudah untuk difahami kerana bahasa yang digunakan tidak begitu sukar.
Tahniah kepada kedua-dua penulis.
Isinya berat. Namun, mudah untuk difahami kerana bahasa yang digunakan tidak begitu sukar.
Tahniah kepada kedua-dua penulis.
October 2, 2020
Saya sangat buku ini kerana cara penyampaian sangat mudah untuk difahami - tepat, ringkas dan padat. Walaupun topik isu kesihatan mental sesuatu yang berat, tetapi saya dapat memahami nya dengan baik sekali!
Penulis sangat berhati-hati dalam memilih perkataan untuk menyampaikan kesedaran terhadap topik kesihatan mental.
Apa yang membuatkan buku ini menarik lagi adalah penulis mengaitkan setiap isu kesihatan mental yang diketengahkan dalam buku ini dengan beberapa teori/perumpamaan yang membuatkan kita lebih mudah memahami apa yang cuba disampaikan
Stress: Gelas air dan juga Imaginary Bear
Anxiety: Hamster running in hamster wheel
Depression: Crying baby , spoon theory dan Traffic Light Analogy
** untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang teori2 ini, dapatkan buku ini segera ! Anda takkan menyesal hehe
Apa yang dapat saya pelajari daripada buku ini?
- Dapat memahami maksud Stres, Anxiety dan Depression dan dapat membezakannya dengan jelas.
- Memahami maksud, punca, simptom dan cara mengatasi Stres, Anxiety dan Depression
- Walaupun penulis memberikan coping mechanism yang baik untuk dipraktikkan, penulis menekankan bahawa masalah kesihatan mental tidak patut diubat sendiri ataupun membuat diagnosis secara sendiri, ia hanya mampu dirawat oleh ahli profesional (clinical psychologist dan pyschiatrist)
- Walaupun kita tidak mempunyai kuasa untuk merawat pesakit, kita boleh menjadi pendengar dan juga tempat pesakit meluahkan perasaan mereka. Dengan itu, pesakit tahu bahawa mereka tidak bersendirian dan itu sudah cukup baik.
Pengajaran:
- stigma masyarakat terhadap kesihatan mental boleh menjadi satu punca kepada peningkatan risiko kesihatan mental
- kesihatan mental bukanlah sesuatu yang tabu ataupun untuk dibanding-bandingkan, setiap orang mempunyai daya tahan mental yang berlainan. Jadikan ia satu perbualan yang normal kerana setiap manusia memerlukan telinga yang mendengar dan hati yang ikhlas membantu ketika mereka dalam masalah, bukannya memerlukan cacian atau hinaan
- Jika kita tidak mampu mengeluarkan kata-kata yang baik, lebih baik diam dan hanya mendengar. Itu sudah lebih daripada cukup :)
Kesimpulan, saya sangat gembira dapat membaca buku ini. Bukan sahaja saya dapat lebih memahami isu berkenaan kesihatan mental. Malah juga dapat lebih banyak ilmu dan maklumat yang tidak pernah saya ketahui.
Sebagai pelajar psikologi, buku ini sedikit sebanyak dapat menambah ilmu saya tentang kesihatan mental sekali gus membantu saya dalam bidang kerjaya saya pada masa akan datang (InsyaAllah)
Saya berharap agar ilmu yang telah saya pelajari melalui buku ini tidak akan saya lupa dan kekal segar dalam ingatan :D
Penulis sangat berhati-hati dalam memilih perkataan untuk menyampaikan kesedaran terhadap topik kesihatan mental.
Apa yang membuatkan buku ini menarik lagi adalah penulis mengaitkan setiap isu kesihatan mental yang diketengahkan dalam buku ini dengan beberapa teori/perumpamaan yang membuatkan kita lebih mudah memahami apa yang cuba disampaikan
Stress: Gelas air dan juga Imaginary Bear
Anxiety: Hamster running in hamster wheel
Depression: Crying baby , spoon theory dan Traffic Light Analogy
** untuk mengetahui lebih lanjut tentang teori2 ini, dapatkan buku ini segera ! Anda takkan menyesal hehe
Apa yang dapat saya pelajari daripada buku ini?
- Dapat memahami maksud Stres, Anxiety dan Depression dan dapat membezakannya dengan jelas.
- Memahami maksud, punca, simptom dan cara mengatasi Stres, Anxiety dan Depression
- Walaupun penulis memberikan coping mechanism yang baik untuk dipraktikkan, penulis menekankan bahawa masalah kesihatan mental tidak patut diubat sendiri ataupun membuat diagnosis secara sendiri, ia hanya mampu dirawat oleh ahli profesional (clinical psychologist dan pyschiatrist)
- Walaupun kita tidak mempunyai kuasa untuk merawat pesakit, kita boleh menjadi pendengar dan juga tempat pesakit meluahkan perasaan mereka. Dengan itu, pesakit tahu bahawa mereka tidak bersendirian dan itu sudah cukup baik.
Pengajaran:
- stigma masyarakat terhadap kesihatan mental boleh menjadi satu punca kepada peningkatan risiko kesihatan mental
- kesihatan mental bukanlah sesuatu yang tabu ataupun untuk dibanding-bandingkan, setiap orang mempunyai daya tahan mental yang berlainan. Jadikan ia satu perbualan yang normal kerana setiap manusia memerlukan telinga yang mendengar dan hati yang ikhlas membantu ketika mereka dalam masalah, bukannya memerlukan cacian atau hinaan
- Jika kita tidak mampu mengeluarkan kata-kata yang baik, lebih baik diam dan hanya mendengar. Itu sudah lebih daripada cukup :)
Kesimpulan, saya sangat gembira dapat membaca buku ini. Bukan sahaja saya dapat lebih memahami isu berkenaan kesihatan mental. Malah juga dapat lebih banyak ilmu dan maklumat yang tidak pernah saya ketahui.
Sebagai pelajar psikologi, buku ini sedikit sebanyak dapat menambah ilmu saya tentang kesihatan mental sekali gus membantu saya dalam bidang kerjaya saya pada masa akan datang (InsyaAllah)
Saya berharap agar ilmu yang telah saya pelajari melalui buku ini tidak akan saya lupa dan kekal segar dalam ingatan :D
August 24, 2019
This book giving you an insight of what mental health is really like; an introduction for everyone who has no knowledge in any aspect regarding mental health.
It opens my mind and view about mental health much widely, makes me understand my daily stress even more.
The book gives advices about an issue that everyone of us has probably faced in our daily life, though it does state and advice the readers to always seek help from professional.
Whatever struggle that we are facing relating to our mental health should always be acknowledged and having a mental health problem required as vital treatment as physical health problem does.
It opens my mind and view about mental health much widely, makes me understand my daily stress even more.
The book gives advices about an issue that everyone of us has probably faced in our daily life, though it does state and advice the readers to always seek help from professional.
Whatever struggle that we are facing relating to our mental health should always be acknowledged and having a mental health problem required as vital treatment as physical health problem does.
January 29, 2020
This is actually a psychology book, explaining about stress, anxiety and depression which I strongly recommend for people like me especially, who wants to help their loved ones, who are suffering these issues. It's a pretty light book, not super factual but I think the information provided are sufficient to enlighten us about the mental health scene in Malaysia. On top of that, it also discusses about misconceptions and myths regarding mental health issues, which is good to open up the minds of readers.
April 21, 2020
Simple word untuk fahamkan mengenai stress, anxiety and depression. Aku rasa semua kena baca buku ini.
Aku tak pernah tahu yang sebenarnya kita perlukan stress. Hahahaha. Good point to authors for this book. Sedikit sebanyak kita tahu macam mana nak deal dgn stress, anxiety dan depression (or other mental disorder yang lain).
I’m fall in love with this book.
Aku tak pernah tahu yang sebenarnya kita perlukan stress. Hahahaha. Good point to authors for this book. Sedikit sebanyak kita tahu macam mana nak deal dgn stress, anxiety dan depression (or other mental disorder yang lain).
I’m fall in love with this book.
April 12, 2019
Part of "How Are You?" synopsis/description that totally sealed the deal for me to buy it was:
"A friend says "I'm fine", but you know there is somethings more beyond those simple words. You notice something is not right, but you do not know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don't know where and how to start."
Because, yes I want to understand and help, and yes I don’t know where and how to start. And this book definitely did a good job on explaining stress, anxiety, and depression in ways that is easy for me to understand. I now have a clearer idea on how I should, could and shouldn’t respond when I encounter with people who suffered with anxiety or depression. And, it also explained about stress, which could be pretty useful to me. All in all, this book was incredible and motivational.
"A friend says "I'm fine", but you know there is somethings more beyond those simple words. You notice something is not right, but you do not know what to do. You want to understand and help but you don't know where and how to start."
Because, yes I want to understand and help, and yes I don’t know where and how to start. And this book definitely did a good job on explaining stress, anxiety, and depression in ways that is easy for me to understand. I now have a clearer idea on how I should, could and shouldn’t respond when I encounter with people who suffered with anxiety or depression. And, it also explained about stress, which could be pretty useful to me. All in all, this book was incredible and motivational.
July 20, 2020
Alhamdulillah, bersyukur sangat dapat baca buku ni.Sebelum ni sekadar tengok je buku ni dekat kedai buku, tak tertarik pun nak beli.Sampailah suatu hari tu tergerak hati nak beli, overall best sangat buku ni. Sangat membantu memperbaiki diri saya.
Buku ni banyak bantu saya kenal diri sendiri Especially yang part kita kehilangan orang tersayang.saya baru je kehilangan ayah bulan 1 tahun ni.Jadi,tanpa saya sedar, kesihatan mental saya terjejas disebabkan hal ni.Bila baca buku ni, saya baru faham kenapa saya jadi macam ni, kenapa saya buat macam ni dan macam-macam lagi perkara yang saya tak faham sebelum ni.
Bagi saya, perkara paling best pasal buku ni ialah gaya penulisan dua penulis itu sendiri. Bila saya baca satu-satu ayat, rasa macam penulis sedang bercakap dengan saya.Gaya penulisan buku ni santai tapi sampai, maksudnya saya mudah nak faham dan menyelami satu-satu point yang ingin disampaikan penulis.ouh ya, saya pelajar jurusan bahasa inggeris, jadi saya tiada masalah untuk hadam buku ni walaupun fully in english.Tapi,saya rasa bahasa yang digunakan senang untuk faham, jadi bagi yang kurang biasa dengan english, jangan takut nak beli buku ni❤️
Keseluruhannya, buku ni best sangat, sebab penulis banyak guna analogi untuk terangkan sesuatu point.Analogi ni membantu kita untuk mudah faham apa yang ingin disampaikan penulis.Isi kandungan/hujah yang digunakan juga mudah untuk dihadam.
Apapun, saya harap buku ni dapat terus berkembang di serata malaysia. Must have book for those seeking self-help/self-love guide.Ouh ya, buku ni patut dijadikan bacaan orang ramai, sebab content buku ni sangat-sangat bagus untuk meningkatkan kesedaran tentang kesihatan mental. All the best to the authors🤗
Buku ni banyak bantu saya kenal diri sendiri Especially yang part kita kehilangan orang tersayang.saya baru je kehilangan ayah bulan 1 tahun ni.Jadi,tanpa saya sedar, kesihatan mental saya terjejas disebabkan hal ni.Bila baca buku ni, saya baru faham kenapa saya jadi macam ni, kenapa saya buat macam ni dan macam-macam lagi perkara yang saya tak faham sebelum ni.
Bagi saya, perkara paling best pasal buku ni ialah gaya penulisan dua penulis itu sendiri. Bila saya baca satu-satu ayat, rasa macam penulis sedang bercakap dengan saya.Gaya penulisan buku ni santai tapi sampai, maksudnya saya mudah nak faham dan menyelami satu-satu point yang ingin disampaikan penulis.ouh ya, saya pelajar jurusan bahasa inggeris, jadi saya tiada masalah untuk hadam buku ni walaupun fully in english.Tapi,saya rasa bahasa yang digunakan senang untuk faham, jadi bagi yang kurang biasa dengan english, jangan takut nak beli buku ni❤️
Keseluruhannya, buku ni best sangat, sebab penulis banyak guna analogi untuk terangkan sesuatu point.Analogi ni membantu kita untuk mudah faham apa yang ingin disampaikan penulis.Isi kandungan/hujah yang digunakan juga mudah untuk dihadam.
Apapun, saya harap buku ni dapat terus berkembang di serata malaysia. Must have book for those seeking self-help/self-love guide.Ouh ya, buku ni patut dijadikan bacaan orang ramai, sebab content buku ni sangat-sangat bagus untuk meningkatkan kesedaran tentang kesihatan mental. All the best to the authors🤗
January 11, 2022
Only 4/5⭐ because there are 3 topics in this book: Stress, Anxiety and Depression. But both Stress and Anxiety topic are for mentally healthy people and it has a lot of toxic positivity (for people with mentally affected people) and cliche self-help content topics that you can found on other self-help books.
However, the only points covered that I like in Stress topic is where it explains about how to meet therapist if you need one and how to meet qualified counsellors in the Anxiety topic section.
But no doubt, the Depression topic section is the part in this book that we all really need in our life. Aiman Amri explains it very well from how to recognize if someone has any Depression symptoms to how to help if someone was diagnosed with Depression.
I do know this book may have hopes to be better in future and I really hope that both author will improvised the way they bring out the topics or the way they write about topics in future because it can be seen that it seems that they are multiple type of sentences that are repeated using different words but brings the same meaning that can makes the reader becomes quite boring or not interested to continue to read the book again. I suggest to explain about 1 point not more than twice to prevent from the readers to become bored when reading it. I guess that's all for my review.
However, the only points covered that I like in Stress topic is where it explains about how to meet therapist if you need one and how to meet qualified counsellors in the Anxiety topic section.
But no doubt, the Depression topic section is the part in this book that we all really need in our life. Aiman Amri explains it very well from how to recognize if someone has any Depression symptoms to how to help if someone was diagnosed with Depression.
I do know this book may have hopes to be better in future and I really hope that both author will improvised the way they bring out the topics or the way they write about topics in future because it can be seen that it seems that they are multiple type of sentences that are repeated using different words but brings the same meaning that can makes the reader becomes quite boring or not interested to continue to read the book again. I suggest to explain about 1 point not more than twice to prevent from the readers to become bored when reading it. I guess that's all for my review.
September 1, 2019
Lessons from our Creator came to us in terms of what He let us experienced ourselves, or the experience of others around us. And these few weeks, the very same kind of message repeatedly came to teach me this – take care of yourself, get to know yourself, know what can keep you happy and content...so then you can take care of others.
The first two chapters of 'How Are You?' are easy reads berbanding the last chapter yang lebih terasa seperti limpahan maklumat. Maybe it's meant to be a how-to guide.
Anyhow, worth reading.
For self-care: find social support, open up, find something that you love (than can be done instantly without much effort).To care for others: listen for the purpose of listening (not giving solutions (need to really learnt this)), do not compare (each struggles are unique), accompany them to see professional (let the expert diagnose).
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A reminder for us to take care of ourselves, not just physically (ini pun ramai tak jaga), but also mentally, spiritually, socially, and many more aspects of our life.
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'Take care' is not just merely a wish, but also a reminder - please, do take care ❤
The first two chapters of 'How Are You?' are easy reads berbanding the last chapter yang lebih terasa seperti limpahan maklumat. Maybe it's meant to be a how-to guide.
Anyhow, worth reading.
For self-care: find social support, open up, find something that you love (than can be done instantly without much effort).To care for others: listen for the purpose of listening (not giving solutions (need to really learnt this)), do not compare (each struggles are unique), accompany them to see professional (let the expert diagnose).
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A reminder for us to take care of ourselves, not just physically (ini pun ramai tak jaga), but also mentally, spiritually, socially, and many more aspects of our life.
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'Take care' is not just merely a wish, but also a reminder - please, do take care ❤
June 12, 2021
"There is no true health without mental health."
This book is such a good eye opener and self enrichment book in order to us, understanding the silent struggle of stress, anxiety and depresssion.
This book giving you an insight of what mental health is really like; an introduction for everyone who has no knowledge in any aspect regarding mental health.
It opens my mind and view about mental health much widely, makes me understand my daily stress, anxiety and depression even more.
The book gives advices about an issue that everyone of us has probably faced in our daily life, though it does state and advice the readers to always seek help from professional.
Whatever struggle that we are facing relating to our mental health should always be acknowledged and having a mental health problem required as vital treatment as physical health problem does.
"After the stigma of mental health is defeated, then the AWARENESS can come which will bring the ACCEPTANCE from people and ultimately leads to an ACTION from the government to change the system !"
Thanks to my dear brother, Omar. He gave this book to me as present of 2021. May Allah bless you akhi.
This book is such a good eye opener and self enrichment book in order to us, understanding the silent struggle of stress, anxiety and depresssion.
This book giving you an insight of what mental health is really like; an introduction for everyone who has no knowledge in any aspect regarding mental health.
It opens my mind and view about mental health much widely, makes me understand my daily stress, anxiety and depression even more.
The book gives advices about an issue that everyone of us has probably faced in our daily life, though it does state and advice the readers to always seek help from professional.
Whatever struggle that we are facing relating to our mental health should always be acknowledged and having a mental health problem required as vital treatment as physical health problem does.
"After the stigma of mental health is defeated, then the AWARENESS can come which will bring the ACCEPTANCE from people and ultimately leads to an ACTION from the government to change the system !"
Thanks to my dear brother, Omar. He gave this book to me as present of 2021. May Allah bless you akhi.
April 25, 2019
Listen to understand. Not listen to respond
Overall buku ni highlight pasal Stress, Anxiety, Depression. Dorang ceritakan setiap satu secara detail tak sangat, secara menyeluruh apa tiga benda common yang kita selalu lalui dalam kehidupan kita.
Banyak sangat quote yang aku macam nak highlight. Yang aku rasa macam nak letak sekali biar semorang boleh baca, boleh tahu, boleh ambil pengajaran.
Tapi mana ada benda sempurna. Typo dia boleh tahan lah banyak. Aku butakan aje.
Bagi aku, setiap daripada kita kena baca buku ni. Biar bukak sikit minda. Biar setiap dari kita tahu apa nak buat bila hadapi situasi macam ni. Kau baca je sinopsis dia pun dah tau dah kenapa kau kena baca buku ni.
Stress? Baca buku ni.
Ada anxiety? Baca buku ni.
Tak pernah tau pun depression tu apa? Baca buku ni.
Selalu pandang serong orang yang ada mental health? Baca buku ni.
Kau rasa kau depress? Baca buku ni.
Kau ada kawan yang tengah depress? Baca buku ni.
"Tak sempurna kesihatan seseorang tanpa kesihatan mentalnya"
November 11, 2020
I have a friend who is suffering from depression. Although I am learning about medical stuff, but I still a clueless person when I need to deal with my friend. So I decide to read this book in order to learn more about mental health. This is a good book for anyone who wants to view and understand the mental health issue in another perspective ways. It is a light but practical book which can guides anyone either as person who suffer the illness or as people who lives with the survivors. The author trying to explain all these stuff in layman term so that people can easily understand how mental health works. It just same as physical health, so it is our responsibility to break off the stigma regarding mental illness. I hope there will be much more books that do not discriminate people with mental issue
March 3, 2021
At first, I was contemplating whether or not to get this book but I definitely made the right choice by purchasing it. I once lived in darkness and as if I was walking through fog. I can’t figure out how to get out. Few searches away helps the fog to thin out a bit and I can see light at the end of the tunnel.
I cried a few times reading this book and I honestly encouraged those who feel like the darkness is overwhelming to read this book. It’s like having a rope to grasp on and at least hold you while you get back your bearings. I read this book slowly so that I could reflect and ponder.
May you find peace.
p/s: Reading this book reminds me of a Korean drama entitled It’s OK Not to be OK.
I cried a few times reading this book and I honestly encouraged those who feel like the darkness is overwhelming to read this book. It’s like having a rope to grasp on and at least hold you while you get back your bearings. I read this book slowly so that I could reflect and ponder.
May you find peace.
p/s: Reading this book reminds me of a Korean drama entitled It’s OK Not to be OK.
August 2, 2022
I read this book for three times.
First read, read through everything, understanding it in my mind.
Second read, read word by word, sentence by sentence, not to miss anything.
Third read, read and make note.
It's a very interesting book that speaks from both perspectives of someone who have mental disorder and those who knows someone with the illness. It's helping both ways.
My favourite part (and as a reminder to myself), be like the tree. Plant yourself well, nurture it briefly, take care of it, one fine day, you will provide fruits and shades to others.
Mental illness is a complicated issue to be talked about. Let's be the person who take good care of our mental health and also let's help the people around us.
First read, read through everything, understanding it in my mind.
Second read, read word by word, sentence by sentence, not to miss anything.
Third read, read and make note.
It's a very interesting book that speaks from both perspectives of someone who have mental disorder and those who knows someone with the illness. It's helping both ways.
My favourite part (and as a reminder to myself), be like the tree. Plant yourself well, nurture it briefly, take care of it, one fine day, you will provide fruits and shades to others.
Mental illness is a complicated issue to be talked about. Let's be the person who take good care of our mental health and also let's help the people around us.
September 7, 2021
"Everyone has their own glass. When someone comes to us to talk about their overflowing water, acknowledge its amount. The way they perceive that droplet might not be the same as us. Do not compare our water with theirs as it is not a competition."
📚: #HowAreYou
Buku tentang memahami pejuang stress, anxiety dan depression ini bukan hanya memberi maklumat namun membawa kita menjadi empati, dan belajar bertolak-ansur. Kadangkala kita kena terima hakikat di sekeliling kita ramai saja nampak OK, hakikatnya mereka sedang senyap-senyap berjuang.
"Be a friend, don't be a counselor."
"Without mental health, there can be no true physical health." - Dr. Brock Chisholm.
📚: #HowAreYou
Buku tentang memahami pejuang stress, anxiety dan depression ini bukan hanya memberi maklumat namun membawa kita menjadi empati, dan belajar bertolak-ansur. Kadangkala kita kena terima hakikat di sekeliling kita ramai saja nampak OK, hakikatnya mereka sedang senyap-senyap berjuang.
"Be a friend, don't be a counselor."
"Without mental health, there can be no true physical health." - Dr. Brock Chisholm.
July 13, 2020
it's such a bless for both Aimans to write a book about mental health, hope to change the stigma in our society.
usually i read book by this step; front cover, back cover, content, intro/preface, about author and references/bibliography.
my eye really keen on the foreword by faris nazrin. and the contents neatly arranged; stress, anxiety, depression and conclusions.
could be improved if bibliography or references included for further reading and deeper understanding
usually i read book by this step; front cover, back cover, content, intro/preface, about author and references/bibliography.
my eye really keen on the foreword by faris nazrin. and the contents neatly arranged; stress, anxiety, depression and conclusions.
could be improved if bibliography or references included for further reading and deeper understanding
January 9, 2020
From this book i can conclude that mental illness is not like other pain that we can feel it physically.
Mental illness or mental health is about emotion that cannot be detect secara mata kasar macam tu je tapi memerlukan kepada penelitian yang jelas dan proses.
Overall this book help me to help others not as counselor but to be good listener 😊
Mental illness or mental health is about emotion that cannot be detect secara mata kasar macam tu je tapi memerlukan kepada penelitian yang jelas dan proses.
Overall this book help me to help others not as counselor but to be good listener 😊
July 4, 2022
Overall 3.5 stars. Very insightful as introductory to the topic. This reads more like casual motivational-ish tone which explains the author's career. Some sentences were repetetive and long. I was looking for a more in depth kind of reads with scientific data, facts, findings etc with proper english. But hey maybe it was intentional, to get the younger readers to read and understand the issues.
July 13, 2019
This is an ok read for me. When i start reading this book the foreword really catch my attention. I found latter that there is a repetition in the way the example is given. The rest of the chapters is very informative to me.
September 9, 2019
Buku yang bagus!
It help me a lot. Alhamdulillah.
Bahasa yang mudah faham.
Buku ni pasal anxiety, stress dan depression.
Bila baca buku ni ia memberi sedikit sebanyak nasihat dan motivasi dalam kita menjaga kesihatan mental🌸✨
It help me a lot. Alhamdulillah.
Bahasa yang mudah faham.
Buku ni pasal anxiety, stress dan depression.
Bila baca buku ni ia memberi sedikit sebanyak nasihat dan motivasi dalam kita menjaga kesihatan mental🌸✨
June 16, 2020
"Mental health is as important as physical health, and there is no true health without mental health."
Buku ini memberi pengenalan secara umum tentang kesihatan mental dengan pendekatan yang mudah difahami. Memandangkan isu kesihatan mental agak kritikal, buku ini perlu dimiliki oleh anda.
Buku ini memberi pengenalan secara umum tentang kesihatan mental dengan pendekatan yang mudah difahami. Memandangkan isu kesihatan mental agak kritikal, buku ini perlu dimiliki oleh anda.
June 27, 2020
A very good and basic knowledge about stress, anxiety and depression and on how to manage all those mental health problem in a good way. It is recommended to who has mental health problem or to people who want to learn about it.
September 4, 2020
A really great and helpful book for mental care and produce a new perspective to me on how to dealt with things on your mind. Also, gaining some knowledge on how to handle and care for people that have depression by the end of the book. Good read.
November 25, 2021
Melalui ilmu yang saya dapat daripada buku ini, saya jadi lebih memahani diri saya terutama dalam aspek keperluan psikologi dan emosi saya. Terima kasih tak terhingga kepada kedua-dua pengarang atas buku yang sangat bermanfaat ini.
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