Overview
When The Path Ahead Looks Grim,
Have the Brazen Audacity to Win
"These Thousands of Days: This is What I Learned After I Killed Myself" is a gripping and emotional journey exploring your mind's power. Through Aaron Childress's personal story and powerful use of storytelling and free-form poetry, you are taken on a journey of self-discovery, growth, and understanding.
Childress shares his experiences of overcoming trauma and thoughts of suicide as he explains the importance of developing emotional intelligence and the power of self-concept in improving your understanding of yourself. The book also explores the process of finding meaning, purpose, and peace from your suffering.
The book is not just a powerful and moving personal story but also a practical guide that offers advice if you want to improve your mental health and well-being. Childress provides insight and powerful tools to reduce stress, avoid negative consequences, and improve your life.
"These Thousands of Days: This is What I Learned After I Killed Myself" is a must-read if you are struggling with trauma, mental health challenges, or thoughts of suicide. This book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and a powerful reminder that through self-discovery, you can overcome even the darkest and most difficult moments in life.
"Brings both a chilling reality and a redeeming grace."
Director Mark Gould
"Terrifying and brilliant."
Producer Richard Hocutt
Breathe Life!
From a mind beyond suicide, speaking hope, rising above suffering, breathing life. For those in struggle and those in the hustle. A book for everyone.
A quick look at the 12 best mental health books:
- Best for people battling trauma: The Body Keeps the Score
- Best for anxiety: Hope and Help for Your Nerves: End Anxiety Now
- Best for recovery from addiction: The Unexpected Joy of Being Sober
- Best for women survivors of relationship abuse: Healing the Trauma of Abuse: A Women’s Workbook
- Best for understanding a therapist’s perspective: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
- Best for battling burnout: Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle
- Best for healing from emotional pain: Emotional First Aid
- Best for understanding family trauma: It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
- Best for navigating relationships: Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love
- Best for highly sensitive people: The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
- Best for practicing self-love: Loving Bravely
- Best for finding order in life: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
12 Best Books for Mental Health (healthline.com)