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Anxiety and depression are the two most common emotions that plague people, causing emotional distress and feelings of inferiority, loneliness, and despair. Help is available for these people in painhelp from God, from His Word, and from the experience of gifted men and women who seek to lead people to wholeness.Readers will readily identify with licensed family counselor Bob Phillips as he provides descriptions of the potentially debilitating effects of these difficult emotions. He reveals the root causes of anxiety and depression, which are fear and anger, and he helps readers acknowledge and deal with these driving forces in an effective, godly way. He includes a gentle and helpful presentation of spiritual issues and the gospel that will benefit believers and nonbelievers alike.This hands-on, user-friendly approach is written with the lay person in mind and includes plenty of practical and effective self-help exercises that readers can use to find freedom. Christian counselors will recognize that Bobs system is built on a solid foundation of scriptural principles and up-to-date technical research on mental health.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers
Date de parution	15 août 2007
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736932776
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	5 Mo

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Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the e Living Bible, Copy-right © 1971. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved. ® Verses marked ï are taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION . ® NIV . Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

Verses marked  are taken from theHoly Bible,New Living Translation, copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL 60189 USA. All rights reserved. ® Verses marked ĀŚ are taken from the New American Standard Bible , © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by e Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

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is book is not intended to take the place of sound professional medical or psychological advice. Neither the author nor the publisher assumes any liability for possible adverse consequences as a result of the information contained herein.

Phillips, Bob, 1940- Overcoming anxiety and depression / Bob Phillips. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7369-1996-8 ISBN-10: 0-7369-1996-1 1. Anxiety—Religious aspects—Christianity. 2. Depression, Mental—Religious aspects— Christianity. I. Title. BV4908.5.P46 2007 248.8'6—dc22 2007014301

All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, digital, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.

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To Dr. Henry Brandt and Dr. Jay Adams

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ese two men have held high the importance of the Bible in counseling. ey have coupled sound wisdom with a sincere desire to help people. ey have personally encouraged me and helped me to think and grow.

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11.e Rescued Mind: Understanding Suicide

9.e Receptive Mind: Taking Control of Your Fears

7.e Discriminating Mind: Chemical Imbalance

3.e Distressed Mind:e Eﬀects of Stress

12.e Revitalized Mind:e Importance of Rest and Relaxation

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1.e Disturbed Mind: Fears, Phobias, Compulsions, and Obsessions

4.e Distorted Mind: e Power of Negative oughts

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8.e Disrupted Mind: Your Choices and Your Mental Health

2.e Disheartened Mind:Sources and Symptoms of Depression

10.e Reﬂective Mind:Actions at Lead to Wholeness

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5.e Discovering Mind:Accepting Responsibility

6.e Discerning Mind:Another Way to View Mental Illness

13.e Reclaimed Mind:e Power of Positive Self Talk

14.e Reformed Mind:inking and Acting According to the Bible

15.e Redemptive Mind: Accepting Peace and Joy from God

Appendix Encouragement from the Bible

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Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. Helen Keller

Some people have saidthat when we are anxious, we are living in the future. Facing the future and the unknown often creates concerns, worries, and fears about what might happen and losses that might occur. Someone has mentioned that fear is the darkroom in which negatives are developed. Depression, on the other hand, occurs when we live in the past. e memories of troubling events and relationships can resurface, and we can recall or relive our hurts, losses, and grief over and over. e unfairness of what people have said or done, or the situations they created, often produce anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness. Our inability to change the past and get relief, restitution, or revenge drives us into the pit of despair. e cloud of depression darkens, it lowers on us, and we lose perspective in life. A common thread runs through anxiety and depression. ese emo-tions seem to arise when we attempt to gain control of what we cannot always control…the past or the future. Our inability to control the events in our lives creates fears and gives rise to anger. Whether we like it or not, the desire to control winds through the fabric of our personalities.

Overcoming Anxiety& Depression

We all want things done the way we would like and in the time we like. When we perceive that things are not going our way, we become fearful, anxious, angry, and depressed. We may even sulk, whine, or throw a temper tantrum in order to exert control over circumstances. e way we perceive life is the key to emotional health. Years ago Rein-hold Neibuhr created what has been called the Serenity Prayer. It contains a perspective on living that helps us overcome anxiety and depression.

God, grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change, Courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the diﬀerence.

Living one day at a time, Enjoying one moment at a time, Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, Taking, as Jesus did, is sinful world as it is, Not as I would have it, Trusting that He will make all things right If I surrender to His will, at I may be reasonably happy in this life And supremely happy with Him forever in the next.

I began counseling in 1974. Since that time I have spent thousands of hours with people of all ages and from all walks of life. Many of them struggled with anxiety in various forms and depression to one degree or another. e National Institute of Mental Health estimates that more than 40 million adult Americans suﬀer from anxiety disorders.Another 21 million Americans grapple with depressive disorders.Often anxiety and depression go hand in hand. ey can be two sides to the same coin. I wrote this book because I want to come alongside you if you are dealing with one or both of these issues. I want to encourage you…

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To realize that you are not alone. Millions of people are facing the same things you are. To realize that you cannot always stop negative or disrup-tive thoughts from entering your mind. However, you can change these thoughts and refuse to let them overcome you. e famous reformer Martin Luther said, “You cannot

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