# Introduction

- Link: https://psychologyforeveryone.com/guide/introduction/
- Published: 2026-10-24T07:45:05+00:00
- Author: myadvisorfriend@gmail.com

Mental health is how we think, feel, behave, cope and relate. It
 moves along a 
line from ordinary strain to illness that needs a clinic. Most of us will touch 
that line at some point in a lifetime, in ourselves or in someone we love.

The book has ten volumes so that a tired reader can pick one
 door.

**Volume 1** names the field, the helpers, the brain,
 the chemicals and emotion.

**Volume 2** stays with the senses, stress, anxiety and
 low mood.

**Volume 3** opens trauma, severe mood conditions,
 psychosis, personality and the
stages of life.

**Volume 4** is the practical house: sleep, food,
 movement, therapy, medicines,
a day’s routine, family help and what to do when the night is dangerous.

**Volume 5** goes deeper into the senses, the elements,
 body chemistry, advanced
conditions and a joined view of mind and body.

**Volume 6** reads the Hindu traditions as a psychology
 of the mind, not as a replacement
for a clinic. Why this book is given and not sold is explained at the end of the
book.

**Volume 7** gathers the wider circle of care:
 addiction, eating, neurodiversity,
digital life, work and study, pregnancy, later life, rights and stigma, and adds
two chapters on how conditions are assessed and on relationships.

**Volume 8** is _Test Your Knowledge_: every
 question and quiz for every chapter,
with answers. It is not for credit; it is for care.

**Volume 9** is Stories from Real Life: for every
 chapter, several short stories
about what the topic looks like in everyday life, how to recognise it, probable 
causes, what to do, whom to consult, dos and don’ts, and how to behave and talk.

**Volume 10** is the companion guide: maps, thinkers,
 how to use the book, a glossary,
answers to common questions, quick-reference tables, a workbook, resources, myths
and facts, and a thirty-day challenge.

Throughout the book you will meet small, coloured boxes. Teal boxes
 hold notes 
and key ideas; amber boxes invite you to try something; sand boxes hold short true-
to-life stories; rose boxes carry safety information; and parchment boxes carry 
a verse, with its sound and its meaning. Diagrams and body sketches appear wherever
a picture explains faster than a paragraph.

Website for the living edition: psychologyforeveryone.in.