Glorious Rock Bottom: 'A shocking story told with heart and hope. You won't be able to put it down.' Dolly Alderton

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Heartburn isn’t strictly a book about depression. It’s a book about heartbreak and failing marriage and all that stuff. But what I really like about it is that it is really very funny—horrible things are happening to her, but it’s very funny—and it is really important to find humour in the bleakest of moments, wherever possible. Certainly, when I was writing Mad Girl, I didn’t want it to be a misery memoir. There’s a hundred billion misery memoirs out there, but what I wanted this to be was an upbeat book about depression, and it’s perfectly possible to do that. Let Down Your Hair is a modern day reimagining of the beloved fairy tale Rapunzel. This book revolves around social media in the modern world, and the main character’s journey as she dev

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M: Absolutely. My therapist said to me once, “you’re not your thoughts”. It’s the sort of thing a therapist would say and at the time you think, “yeah, yeah”, but it’s true. A lot of what I have going on with my mental health is self-loathing so I think turning those thoughts into something positive is the best thing to do.

It is heartbreaking to see such a lovely boy so sad and changed so much, and to see my bubbly daughter changed into a rag. What can we do? We need urgent help.” My husband and I had to eat together, at the table. We had to spend time together that did not involve looking at our phones or the television. I had to stop overwhelming myself with work I didn’t need to do. I had to prioritise the things that gave value to my life – running with my friend Emma, reading, baking and cooking with my daughter. Strangely, the more I cooked, the less I binged. It was almost as if I was trying to take care of myself again. M: I think Mental Health Mates has played a massive part in people being able to talk openly about their mental health. For a moment I stopped breathing. I was certain that my heart was trying to escape from my chest. It wanted to burst through my ribcage and out on to the floor of the shop where it would inevitably become infected with some hideous disease."But also on a very practical level, it is a lovely cookbook. I just think it is the most charming, engaging, funny, lovely, edible book. It is an edible book in more ways than one. I think it gives hope. Hope is really important, when you are going through something like a heartbreak or a divorce. I’ve come to see A-fib as my body’s way of telling me to look after myself – when the palpitations strike up, it’s time for an early night and an extra litre of water. And while I had always lived in terror of having something wrong with my heart, strangely, it feels like the best thing that could have happened to me.