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Title: The Beast: A Journey Through Depression by Tracy Thompson ISBN: 0-452-27695-0 Publisher: Plume Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.91 (33 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: one of the best
Comment: Unlike some authors of depression memoirs, Tracy Thompson is brutally self-aware and isn't afraid of sharing her less than flattering experiences with a mood disorder. Especially, since she is a journalist and in the public eye (as I am, but to a much lesser degree), I admire her bravery for "coming out of the closet" so to speak. As she (and I) found there are a LOT of people out there grappling with a mood disorder and taking medication (cracks about Prozac notwithstanding).
The book is unique because Thompson shares her unglamorous but effective tools for dealing with depression (after therapy and medication have been established). I, too, suffer from horrible perfectionism and it was heartening to read that this writer was able to overcome at least some of it and go on to have the life she wanted. Sharing the messy side of depression isn't what makes this book different, but that the author was able to take a long, honest look at herself and begin to make steps toward change was. Bravo.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE BEAST A JOURNEY THROUGH DEPRESSION
Comment: I have read many books on Depression and other mental health problems since the summer of 1993 and this is the best that I have read yet. I would highly recommend it to anyone that either suffers with, or knows someone who suffers with Depression. The way Ms. Thompson has written this book really hits home for me and it was inspiring to know that there are people who have overcome this terrible disease and are successful at their chosen careers. IT IS THE BEST, THANK YOU MS. THOMPSON FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
Rating: 5
Summary: brings the human dimension to the disease
Comment: This is an extraordinary book which moved me deeply. Kudos to Ms. Thompson for having the courage to share her life with us, especially since there is still a stigma to having mental illness in our culture. Until I read THE BEAST I had never read a personal account of what it is like to have depression. Ms. Thompson allowed us to see her day-to-day struggles that depression causes, the affect it had on her work, and on her personal relationships. These are things no doctor can convey to a patient. Presented are the human aspects of the disease which I never read in any book or article about depression before. Everything I read on depression up till this book had been sterile, clinical, totally unemotional, totally "unhuman," and hard to relate to as a patient. To hear the patient's voice, concerns and pain - a blessing! A remarkable book. Read it more than once for additional doses of strength and courage to fight your own way thru. The second book I read that told about mental illness from the patient's point of view is the incredible, but very different, journey of Kay Redfield Jamison in the exquisite "An Unquiet Mind." I can not recommend this book highly enuf. Although Jamison's journey is thru manic-depression/bipolar illness, her book is for anyone braving it thru any form of mental illness too. She takes us thru the time leading up to her "episode," the progression of the illness as it becomes more severe, her recognition of what she has to deal with. She too allows us to hear her internal voices, feel her pain and anguish, share her incredible ups and downs as the disease plays havoc with her. And she shares her fear of loosing her career if anyone finds out that she has the condition. And yet Dr. Jamison, yes Dr. Jamison, M.D., had no place else to go than the very people she works with every day: her fellow psychiatrists and doctors, and fellow faculty members at UCLA medical school. So here we have the patient as doctor, the doctor as patient. Even as she is able to tell us her personal history of struggle, she is also able to gently explain what has clinically happened to her; and she shares her search for, if not a cure, medical relief and a full purposeful life. Both of these books by women are truly amazing!! If you or someone you know is suffering with a mental illness, read these to find out what is happening to you or your somebody. You will not regret it I can assure you. GOOD MENTAL HEALTH to us all.
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Title: Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron ISBN: 0679736395 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 January, 1992 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression by Nell Casey ISBN: 0060007826 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 08 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Undercurrents: A Life Beneath the Surface by Martha Manning ISBN: 006251184X Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 15 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: On the Edge of Darkness: Conversations About Conquering Depression by Kathy Cronkite ISBN: 0385314264 Publisher: Delta Trade Paperbacks Pub. Date: 01 July, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon ISBN: 0684854678 Publisher: Scribner Book Company Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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