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My dear daughter, you worked hard
My dear daughter, you did your best
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You did a great job given the circumstances, you worked hard!
For you who have lived hard, for you who are depressed and heartbroken
Understanding My Mind by Dr. Han Hye-seong (Psychiatrist, MD)
Recommended by Pastor Kim Nam-jun and Professor Chae Jeong-ho

This is one of the most common stories heard by Dr. Han Hye-seong, a Christian psychiatrist who wholeheartedly helps those with broken hearts, in his clinic.
He emphasizes that mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and panic disorder are not a matter of faith or will, but rather a sickness in our mind and body, and that, like other illnesses, they can be recovered if we dedicate ourselves to treatment.
He also shares his experiences with numerous patients he has met in his clinic and how he has been healed through candidly sharing his own pain.
It also contains a testimony of God's great love and grace in intervening in this process.
This book offers warm comfort and hope to those who are struggling to get through the day, those who are enduring nights of incomprehensible pain, and their families.

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PART 1
Father, I am depressed.

Chapter 1: For those of you with low self-esteem
Why do you judge yourself so harshly?
A noble and glorious being
My Panic Story
broken bowl
Our existence, fighting!

Chapter 2 To You Who Are Depressed
People who are indifferent to mental care
Checking the main symptoms of depression
How to Recover from Depression

PART 2
Father, my heart aches.

Chapter 1: For those of you who need mental care
Mindfulness Practice
Step 1: Look at yourself/the other person/the situation as it is
At the same time, acknowledging God's sovereignty
Step 2: Separate what's important from what's not
Step 3: Do what you can
What can't be helped is going back to step 1.
Even practicing mindfulness can be painful

Chapter 2 To You Who Can't Take Care of Yourself
A child with a deep and adult-like personality
The reason for the unknown anxiety and tension
Taking a flexible perspective
Even wounds are a blessing

PART 3
Father, I am anxious.

Chapter 1 To You Who Are Angry
I feel bad for caring about myself (housewife depression)
I can't stand the stress (excessive stress)
I'm so angry because it's so unfair (angry)

Chapter 2 To You Who Are Anxious
I'm afraid of COVID-19 (post-disaster trauma)
Can I Get Rid of Panic Disorder? (Panic Disorder)
What do I do with my failed time? (Failure and Discouragement)
I look pathetic (inferiority complex)

PART 4
Father, I want to cry with you.

Chapter 1 To You Who Has a Sick Loved One
If you want to help someone who is in pain
If you want to help someone with depression
To you who lost a loved one to suicide
If you want to help someone with schizophrenia

Chapter 2: Pain and Comfort
To you who are in pain
My story of loss
What to do in pain
To you who wants to be a comfort to someone
Comfort that gives strength

Epilogue / Acknowledgments

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Into the book
We do not only have the identity of sinners.
We are all sinners and sons and daughters of God, truly precious and valuable beings.
If someone were to ask me again, “How do you want God to greet you in heaven?” I would say, “I want him to say, ‘My daughter, I love you.’
I think he would answer, “I’m satisfied with that.”
The identity of being a ‘daughter of God’ is all the more precious because it was not obtained through my own efforts, but solely by God’s grace.
--- From the "Prologue"

'Seeing things as they are' means not pretending or being caught up in them, but simply noticing and accepting them as they are.
Acceptance is affirmation, which means acknowledging and accepting things as they are, not unfounded optimism.
Even if it seems like a nonsensical feeling, you have to know that there is a reason for this feeling.
Of course, there is a reason, so it doesn't mean it's always right.
I just want you to know that 'that's how I feel'.
--- p.92

I try to acknowledge the wounds as wounds and be thankful for the graces as graces.
In the past, the grace was so great that I felt ashamed before God to call difficulties difficult.
So I rationalized it by saying, 'I'm not hurt.'
But a wound is a wound and a grace is a grace.
I consider even wounds as a grace in themselves.
However, even though there are wounds, I no longer think, 'Grace is great, so there are no wounds.'
I try to acknowledge that even the parts of life that I don't understand are God's sovereignty.
--- p.123

There came a time when no matter how hard I tried, nothing worked.
I lost my child.
Only when I faced the pain of life, which made me thoroughly accept that there were things that I could not achieve through my own efforts no matter how hard I worked, was I able to fully accept that I was not the master of my life, and that God was the master of my life, not a helper.
--- p.225

One of the best comforts we can offer is to share our hearts with those who weep.
We are not beings who can provide comfort.
A pastor close to me emphasized that 'comfort' does not come from people, but from 'comfort'.
The sovereignty of our lives lies with the Lord, and He is also the One who comforts us.
It is our role to sympathize with those who weep and pray that God will comfort them.
It is enough to suffer together with a humble heart.
--- pp.234,235

Publisher's Review
Please acknowledge and take care of me, who is like a broken vessel!

For you who have lived hard, for you who are depressed and heartbroken
Understanding My Mind by Dr. Han Hye-seong (Psychiatrist, MD)

“I feel guilty about being depressed even though I believe in God.”

This is one of the most common stories heard by Dr. Han Hye-seong, a Christian psychiatrist who wholeheartedly helps those with broken hearts, in his clinic.
He emphasizes that mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and panic disorder are not a matter of faith or will, but rather a sickness in our mind and body, and that, like other illnesses, they can be recovered if we dedicate ourselves to treatment.
He also shares his experiences with numerous patients he has met in his clinic and how he has been healed through candidly sharing his own pain.
It also contains a testimony of God's great love and grace in intervening in this process.
This book offers warm comfort and hope to those who are struggling to get through the day, those who are enduring nights of incomprehensible pain, and their families.

It's a mess right now,
Even if it's a sight you don't even want to see yourself
God still loves you!

People who put a lot of effort into their religious life often feel guilty when they become depressed and have a hard time embracing their depressed self.
But before we are people who do God's work, we are 'children' who have received God's undeserved love.

Believe that God's love for us is faithful and unchanging, and that He cares for us even when we are sick.


When I'm severely depressed, I even doubt whether God loves me.
But even in moments when we emotionally disbelieve, His love is true.
Pray that you may believe the truth and find peace.

Looking back, that time of despair that I really wanted to avoid became a precious experience of living only by God's grace and being restored only by grace.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Publication date: March 16, 2021
- Page count, weight, size: 252 pages | 314g | 128*188*20mm
- ISBN13: 9791165041908
- ISBN10: 1165041901

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