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Posted by gardenergirl on February 13, 2004, at 16:00:00
Hello,
I am looking for a book about depression written by someone who has experienced it. I am aware of Patty Duke's experience, but she is bipolar. I am looking for an account of unipolar to help parents understand what depression feels like.Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
gg
Posted by noa on February 13, 2004, at 20:03:56
In reply to First person account of depression--Help, posted by gardenergirl on February 13, 2004, at 16:00:00
Oh, yeah...
Andrew Solomon, "Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression"
Martha Manning, "Undercurrents : A Life Beneath the Surface"
Tracy Thompson, "The Beast : A Journey Through Depression"
Nell Casey (Editor), "Unholy Ghost : Writers on Depression"
William Styron, "Darkness Visible: a Memoir of Madness"
Cait Irwin, "Conquering the Beast Within : How I Fought Depression and Won ... and How You Can, Too" (written for teens)
And, yes this next one is about bipolar, but it is a good one....
Kay Redfield Jamison, "An Unquiet Mind : A Memoir of Moods and Madness"
And this one is more about a 60's era drug-induced psychosis, but it's interesting...
Mark Vonnegut, "The Eden Express: A Memoir of Insanity"
Posted by gardenergirl on February 15, 2004, at 8:34:57
In reply to Re: First person account of depression--Help » gardenergirl, posted by noa on February 13, 2004, at 20:03:56
Posted by Penny on February 16, 2004, at 8:44:19
In reply to thanks, noa. good list (nm) » noa, posted by gardenergirl on February 15, 2004, at 8:34:57
I definitely second "Undercurrents" by Martha Manning - and I think you might relate well, as Manning is a psychologist, and she discusses both sides.
Posted by gardenergirl on February 17, 2004, at 9:48:42
In reply to Re: thanks, noa. good list » gardenergirl, posted by Penny on February 16, 2004, at 8:44:19
Posted by Escher Dementian on April 23, 2004, at 6:42:00
In reply to First person account of depression--Help, posted by gardenergirl on February 13, 2004, at 16:00:00
My memory may not be accurate, but wasn't the novel "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" written by a severely depressed teenage girl? (there's three different authors listed by Amazon for this title and i don't remember which female author is correct).
Also "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
And "Sounds from the Bell Jar: 10 Psychotic Authors"Again, i may be faulty in my memories of these books. OR the conditions they write about may be more severe than just first level depression, i'm not sure... but they were all very important reading to me at the time. a bit of time ago...
(Escher gets out the granny glasses and walker)Hello gg, noa, and Penny!!
Mobius morphing -->better and better yet,
Escher
Posted by Escher Dementian on April 23, 2004, at 6:51:21
In reply to Re: First person account of depression--Help, posted by Escher Dementian on April 23, 2004, at 6:42:00
Hmmmm... i put DDquotes around each book title, and struggled to display all three of them with link to the amazon list. <-- would only allow me to click/target one single title in my above post.
I've been successful before (similar to noa's post), not sure why i wasn't able to do so this time. Suggestions?
Posted by Jai Narayan on April 24, 2004, at 15:03:47
In reply to double double quotes, posted by Escher Dementian on April 23, 2004, at 6:51:21
Gosh it's been a really long time since I've seen your name on this site...I for one have missed you.
Welcome back.
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 26, 2004, at 3:07:33
In reply to Re: First person account of depression--Help, posted by Escher Dementian on April 23, 2004, at 6:42:00
> > "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden"
> > "The Bell Jar"
> > And "Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors"> Hmmmm... i put DDquotes around each book title, and struggled to display all three of them with link to the amazon list. <-- would only allow me to click/target one single title in my above post.
Weird, let me give this a try...
Bob
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 26, 2004, at 3:12:13
In reply to Re: would only allow me to click/target one, posted by Dr. Bob on April 26, 2004, at 3:07:33
> > > And "Sounds from the Bell Jar: Ten Psychotic Authors"
I don't know what happened before, but it seems to work now. But to get the above to come up, I had to spell out "Ten"...
Bob
Posted by Escher Dementian on April 26, 2004, at 4:46:05
In reply to Re: allowed me to click/target three, posted by Dr. Bob on April 26, 2004, at 3:12:13
sometimes i can be a 'techno-tard'
but it seems to me i tried all the obvious......and it's good to be here again,
Escher
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