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    On the Battle Field of Depression: A Personal Journey Through the Trenches of Depression
    On the Battle Field of Depression: A Personal Journey Through the Trenches of Depression
    On the Battle Field of Depression: A Personal Journey Through the Trenches of Depression
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    On the Battle Field of Depression: A Personal Journey Through the Trenches of Depression

    By Jennifer Hume

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    This book summarizes the rise and fall of depression through its stages. It tracks my recurring mental illness through the struggles in the dark to brightening in a world where the mental illness millstone is momentarily lifted.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherXlibris AU
    Release dateApr 25, 2013
    ISBN9781483613703
    On the Battle Field of Depression: A Personal Journey Through the Trenches of Depression
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    Jennifer Hume

    Jennifer Hume grew up in Melbourne, Victoria. Graduating with a Business Management Diploma she worked in a variety of management positions in Melbourne then in Brisbane, whilst pursuing her passion to write. This is Jennifer’s second book. Her first book On the Battlefield of Depression, a book of prose poetry, was released in 2013. This book Chains of Life (2015) is her first book of short stories. Jennifer Hume lives in Melbourne with her husband and family.

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      On the Battle Field of Depression - Jennifer Hume

      Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer Hume.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

      Rev. date: 04/05/13

      To order additional copies of this book, contact:

      Xlibris Corporation

      1-800-618-969

      www.xlibris.com.au

      Orders@Xlibris.com.au

      503319

      CONTENTS

      Foreword

      Chapter 1 Admitting Defeat To My Minds Squatters

      Craving

      Mall Crawl

      Clashing

      M.H.D.

      Feel Me Little Bird

      In Dreams

      Effort

      Bed Bound

      For Trees

      The Girl That Used To Be Me

      Recycled

      Drowning

      Cyclic Or Circles?

      Whipping Wind

      Questions

      Lithium

      Wishing

      Treacherous

      Bull!

      Volcano

      The Sentinel

      Circles

      Equation

      Spreading The Love Around

      Number 3

      Coming Home

      Night Owl

      Reflecting

      Colour Blind

      Slipping

      Perspective

      What Makes Me Fall?

      Tinnitus

      Real Life

      Metric Conversion

      Vicious Cycle

      Character

      ???

      Smiling

      Description

      Feelings

      Fire

      Shopping

      Confronted

      Antacid

      Omg

      Serial Numbers

      No. 105

      In The Midnight Hour

      Slash

      Penguin Parade

      Chapter 2 Living Within The Darkness

      Hearing Test

      Number 18

      My Life

      An Affair To Remember

      Old Friends

      Beneath The Waves

      Post Mortem

      8Th Day

      Who Am I?

      Step By Step

      On Wings

      Noisy

      A Change In The Weather…

      Search & Seek

      Caring… . It’s Overrated

      You Know Squat

      Gum Shoe

      Crying

      Night

      Why?

      Thud

      Having It All

      Shuffling

      The Edge

      When Is Sometime Not Enough

      Living In The Half Light

      ’Til Death Us Do Part

      Making It To Morning

      You’re Special

      Inside My Head

      Strange Planet

      Dead Or Alive

      View

      Oblivion

      Dreamer

      Rhyme Or Reason

      Remembrance

      Resurrection

      What Does It All Mean

      Opposites Attract

      Fireball

      Slipping Away

      Am I Worthy

      Dying

      Chapter 3 A Glimmer Of Hope

      One Day At A Time

      Divorce

      Dreaming

      Empty Eyes

      Waiting

      The Lost One

      Another Question

      Not Just Mondays

      Condemned

      Centre Stage

      The Dark Soul Of Man

      Realisation

      The Future

      Shallow

      Nanogram

      No. 14

      Legacy

      Christmas Day

      Seasonal Changes

      Late Night Notes

      Medium

      Coming & Going

      Moving

      How Low Can I Go

      Being Aware

      Arrival

      Socialite

      Thin Skinned

      Headspace

      Interesting Observations

      Forget-Me-Not

      For M

      Grey Clouds

      Getting There

      Music

      People Are Hard

      Real World

      Getting It Down On Paper

      Old Habits

      Awakening

      Connecting

      Falling Down

      Spiralling

      Valhalla

      Conflicting Emotions

      Passing Parade

      No. 23

      Day After Day

      Leaving

      Going Home

      Holding On But Needing To Let Go

      Spirits

      Shy

      Being A Woman

      Colour

      The Key To The Key

      Fix

      Deflated

      Betting On The Favourite

      Clarity

      Beneath The Waves

      Senses

      Wouldn’t You Know

      Half Full, Half Empty

      Snail Mail

      . . . . From Me To You

      Bright And Good

      Changed Perspective

      Humble Abode

      Indecision

      Tempting 2

      Mother’s Day

      Observations

      Secrets

      Imagine

      No. 47 & A Half

      Enjoy

      Bk

      Waxing And Waning

      365

      What Ever Floats Your Boat

      Challenges

      The Getaway

      No Fear

      Disappointment

      Sharper Than The Sharpener

      Remember Me

      History

      Focus

      Moments

      Destination Unknown

      The Day That Was

      Autumn

      Face Off

      Chapter 4 Moving On And Joining The Real World

      The Frenzy

      Footy

      Sleeping Pill

      Music?

      Our Art

      Up

      Life Goes On

      Soldiers That Died

      What Is Joy

      A Tiny Pinprick Of Light

      Planets

      Always

      Getting Better

      Innocence Of Play

      These Are The Heady Days Of Spring

      Ann

      Persistent

      These Are The Heady Days Of Spring

      Dining With Friends

      Think Ahead

      Mental Manoeuvring

      Radio

      Greetings Of The Season

      Rainy Days & Tap Shoes

      Red, Gold And Green

      Simple Pleasures

      Getting To The Top

      The Only Way Is Up

      The Creeping

      Watching

      White For Victory

      Outside My Window

      Mist

      Kokoda

      La Luna 1

      Liquid Crystals

      Sunny Days

      Glitter And Rust

      Still Working It Out

      Sound Bite

      Being

      Tribal

      Energy, Drive And Purpose

      Volatility

      The Plunge

      Happiness

      Sweating

      Kids Alive

      Some Days

      Honk

      Battle Of The Sexes

      Grudge

      Suck It Up

      Money, Money, Money

      W.I.P

      So

      End Note

      My definition of Depression:

      A state of extreme, self loathing, every day: accompanied by, excessive feelings of doom and hopelessness with just a dash of physical symptoms thrown in.

      FOREWORD

      Just a bit about me;

      I’m not sporty, nor an artisan of any renown as I don’t paint, sculpt, or even throw pots, but fortunately I have a gift of the written word and find writing a very cathartic experience.

      What I have written here represents my personal journey through a debilitating bout of Depression and some Bipolar Disorder episodes.

      I am very proud of

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