Women Conquering Depression: How to Gain Control of Eating Drinking and Overthinking and Embrace a Healthier Life

From the author of Women Who Think Too Much a groundbreaking book that uncovers a hidden source of depression in women today. Depression is a common and debilitating problem among women though it rarely occurs in a vaccum. As Susan Nolen-Hoeksemas original research shows overthinking―a tendency to ruminate on problems rather than to seek solutions―often co-exists with unhealthy eating habits and/or heavy drinking. In fact 80 percent of women who report suffering from one of those also suffer from another. This groundbreaking book written in a vivid narrative style that captures the complexities of womens lives today explains how the three core problems of the Toxic Triangle reinforce one another wreaking havoc on womens emotional well-being physical health relationships and careers.. Escape is possible Nolen-Hoeksema assures us for those who are already aware that they suffer from a serious problem as well as for the hundreds of thousands of others who have not yet examined the role that bingeing and purging―on negative thoughts food or alcohol―plays in their lives. Nolen-Hoeksema shows women how to harness their emotional and interpersonal strengths to overcome the stress caused by a destructive relationship with food alcohol and overthinking so that they can fashion effective healthier strategies for living the life they deserve.