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Mental Health Books to Help You Cope, Heal, and Grow 🌱
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items Mental health books that helped me through anxiety, depression, and everything in between with comfort, clarity and healing.
Sections
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Anxiety
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Mental Health
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder
Self-Care
Anxiety
Calming books to help your calm your anxious mind.
This book is a game-changer! It has taught me that I can’t control others’ thoughts or actions, and that’s okay.
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
A real, honest look at what it is like living with anxiety.
Anxiety for Beginners: A Personal Investigation
Simple tools to help you catch anxious thoughts before they take over.
Be Calm: Proven Techniques to Stop Anxiety Now
Bipolar Disorder
From chaos to calm; these books that remind you that bipolar disorder doesn't define you.
This book reminds me that pain doesn’t always show up the way we expect, and hope doesn’t always look like sunshine.
An Impossible Life: A True Story of Hope and Mental Illness
This book was a good read! It's about a therapist who becomes patient, wrestles with mania, stigma and identity, then reclaims her voice.
The Bipolar Therapist: A Journey from Madness to Love and Meaning
Depression
Healing books for depression and emotional recovery that actually help.
This book reminded me that it’s okay to slow down and find my own pace.
Depression in a Digital Age: The Highs and Lows of Perfectionism
Weird, wonderful stories that somehow makes me feel less alone.
Broken (in the best possible way)
Mental Health
Books that remind you that mental health is a journey, and you’re not alone.
This book takes you A to Z through mental health (Anxiety to Zero F**ks Given) with real talk, expert backups, and a sense of humor.
A Beginner's Guide to Being Mental: An A-Z
Sometimes a good book is the best kind of therapy. These mental health books are perfect for healing, growing, and taking care of YOU!
16 Mental Health Books for Tough Days, Good Days, and Every Day in Between
It’s one of those books that gently reminds you you’re not alone, helping you see beauty and meaning in the messiest parts of life.
The Comfort Book
Schizophrenia / Schizoaffective Disorder
These books break stigma around schizophrenia / schizoaffective disorder and celebrate strength, recovery, and resilience.
Pulled back the curtain on living with schizophrenia, showing not just the chaos of psychosis but also the grit it takes to build a life beyond it.
The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness
This is such a powerful and compassionate look at what it really means to live with and understand schizophrenia.
The Heartland: finding and losing schizophrenia
This is written with so much honesty and depth making it a read that is impossible to forget!
The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
Self-Care
Prioritize your mental, physical, and emotional health with these self-care books you’ll actually want to keep on your shelf.
Changing habits doesn’t have to be harsh, being kind to yourself actually works!
The Kindness Method: Change Your Habits for Good Using Self-Compassion and Understanding
This book totally flipped how I view love and relationships.
Things No One Taught Us About Love: How to Build Healthy Relationships with Yourself and Others
Exactly what we need in a busy, anxious world. Such a soothing read!
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Therapy
Best therapy-inspired books that actually help.
This book is so real and relatable! Lori Gottlieb shows us that therapy isn’t scary.
Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
The simple tools actually work, and it reminded me that calm isn’t a mystery, it’s a skill we can learn.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple: 10 Strategies for Managing Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Panic, and Worry