10 Steps To A Happier Life!: A Short And Practical Guide

By Giancarlo Corsi

First off I'd like to make it clear, this is not a book. This is a road map: a self help road map to help you jump start your happiness and your mental well being. I've kept it short and to the point so you can get started right away. My name is Giancarlo Corsi and I am a survivor of depression. I'm 52 years old and have battled depression as long as I can remember. No, I'm not always depressed. I have many good spells as well. For me the saying, "Life is a roller coaster ride," is very true. I'm not a health care professional: I have learned to overcome depression through good old fashioned trial and error. Everything I outline in the pages to come I practice regularly. Some of this I've learned from a wonderful Marriage and Family Therapist. Some of this I've learned from reading self help books. Some of this I've learned from friends. A lot of this I've just had to discover on my own. As a very young child, I would often hear adults asking my mother if I was okay. They said I looked sad or not well. Often times I was sad. I didn't quite know why. I just was and I didn't think much of it, it just felt normal to me. As a teenager I was often a loner. I did manage to have a very social life my last few years of high school, but then shortly after high school I plunged into a nearly ten year depression. I had a lot to overcome, but then again who doesn't, right? My family moved a dozen times or more. We moved to new countries several times and I had to learn new languages so I could fit in. I had severe acne. I am gay, but didn't know what gay was when I was a child, and being gay when I was growing up was a major taboo. There were other issues, but I don't want to put the blame on anyone nor anything, since depression is linked by many professionals to physiological causes, not merely life events, so let's move on.It was during my twenties, supposedly "the best years of your life," that I finally realized something was wrong with me, I started reading self help books and I sought professional help. Since my thirties I do believe I've had many, many more good days than bad, though recently I had a yearlong battle with depression perhaps as strong, though not as long, as that of my twenties. I literally had to take notes in order to remember everything I needed to do to pull myself out of depression. It is from these notes I realized I had a good plan and I had to share it. This information can help you or someone you know and care about over come depression, whether it is a onetime event or a lifelong struggle. I suggest starting your recovery by following the advice in Chapter One before reading the rest. Afterwards, you can either read one chapter at a time sequentially and work on skills from a single chapter before moving on to the next chapter, or, read all the way through as quickly as possible, then go back to which ever chapter you think will help you most and continue out of order. If you can't decide, then just go in order. Whatever you decide, please, DECIDE to move forward; DECIDE to pursue happiness one step at a time; DECIDE to feel alive and happy!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520880812
• ISBN13: 9781520880815
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 54 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"