The Bullsh*t-Free Guide to Depression
How to Get Out of Your Mental Health Hole (from someone who has fallen down one or two)
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Kick your depression to the curb and find self-acceptance in the process.
Depression can feel like being caught in a cyclone, totally powerless and never knowing when it will let up. But no matter what lies depression tells you, you have the power to take a stand. Packed full of illustrations, this book will show you how to take positive action even when depression drains your energy.
Jacs has lived through depression and knows how to cut through its bullshit. With insight from her own mental health journey, this book will help you lead your own recovery, from understanding your mental health to making an action plan and seeking professional support.
With her compassionate, down-to-earth and funny advice, you'll be empowered to feel more confident, less fearful and more accepting of yourself.
Depression can feel like being caught in a cyclone, totally powerless and never knowing when it will let up. But no matter what lies depression tells you, you have the power to take a stand. Packed full of illustrations, this book will show you how to take positive action even when depression drains your energy.
Jacs has lived through depression and knows how to cut through its bullshit. With insight from her own mental health journey, this book will help you lead your own recovery, from understanding your mental health to making an action plan and seeking professional support.
With her compassionate, down-to-earth and funny advice, you'll be empowered to feel more confident, less fearful and more accepting of yourself.
- Published: Dec 18 2025
- Pages: 208
- ISBN: 9781839977015
Press Reviews
From the foreword by Dr Emma Hepburn, clinical psychologist, author and illustrator of A Toolkit for Your Emotions, @thepsychologymum
Having worked with several hundred people with depression over the course of my career, I have always sought stories to help them make sense of their experiences. I am really pleased to now have Jacs' story in my toolkit. I will be recommending Jacs' book to individuals and families to help connect them and guide them through their depression hole to find their light again.
Sophia Kaur Badhan, award-winning mental health activist and co-author of The Depression Journal
This book feels like a warm, witty chat with a friend who actually gets it. This isn't your typical self-help book - it's practical, relatable and genuinely uplifting. Jacs combines humour, empathy and lived experience in a way that's refreshingly human. This is the book that I needed, and still need sometimes when life feels impossible. It's written with the kind of humour that someone who has survived depression can immediately recognise and find a strange amount of comfort in. I'd recommend it to anyone who has been touched by depression in any way.