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Lisa Jakub has always been a little strange. Private. Emotional. Introverted. What else would you anticipate from a former child actor converted writer? But the concern wasn't just an artistic nature; Lisa was constantly trying to cover up her debilitating panic and depressive disorder. She assumed that retiring from her 18-year acting career and departing Hollywood was going to be the treatment for most of her issues. Imagine how that worked out? Lisa was still having three panic attacks every day and found it hard to leave her house. But when anxiety-induced vomiting claimed the life of her ipod device - she recognized it was time and energy to get help. It had been time to speak about things that are hard to talk about. She started to embrace her odd. In looking for a deeper understanding of mental health and fitness, Lisa explored her own background and reached out to others to learn how anxiety and depressive disorder impacted their lives. She interviewed veterans with PTSD and 10-year-olds with sensory integration issues, people with eating disorders and trimming habits, those whose lives were preserved by medication and those who found pilates to be the answer. She visited Colorado to learn about the effects of cannabis on panic, and went to a deep breathing retreat in NEW YORK to sit quietly all night and hours and hours in "noble silence". With out a mobile phone. Not Just Me is a hopeful, enjoyable, enlightening go through the root factors behind panic, the latest research on mood disorders, and ideas for how exactly we can all live authentically with an increase of peace, electricity, and goal. Part memoir, part journalistic exploration - this book reminds most of us that we are not alone.
