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I really loved this book and would've given it five stars but for two issues:
1. It was really only about severe depression, not depression in general. While those stories are obviously important and deserve to be told, the majority of people who suffer from depression do not have major breakdowns, lose their jobs and friends, get hospitalized, or undergo ECT or psychosurgery. It would've been nice if the book gave more attention to those with milder forms of depression.
2. The fact that Solomon d ...more
1. It was really only about severe depression, not depression in general. While those stories are obviously important and deserve to be told, the majority of people who suffer from depression do not have major breakdowns, lose their jobs and friends, get hospitalized, or undergo ECT or psychosurgery. It would've been nice if the book gave more attention to those with milder forms of depression.
2. The fact that Solomon d ...more
This book is a lot. And it's needed, but I hope Solomon or someone else can revise/update it. Our political moment and scientific strides require it.
I'd been meaning to read this when I felt I was in a place to read it. The beginning is harrowing. Solomon describes his first depressive breakdown. The experience of losing control and the ways that depression is capable of expressing itself in your body feels inexplicable. Anyone who has had a similar experience with mental illness can relate (TW ...more
I'd been meaning to read this when I felt I was in a place to read it. The beginning is harrowing. Solomon describes his first depressive breakdown. The experience of losing control and the ways that depression is capable of expressing itself in your body feels inexplicable. Anyone who has had a similar experience with mental illness can relate (TW ...more
A fairly interesting book, especially to those who have been touched by clinical depression. There were parts where I just skimmed ... one does get to not caring about every insight this prolific writer wants to share. The book is definitely a good short course on the subject of Depression.
Nov 24, 2008
Kerstin
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Rodney Ulyate
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Mary
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Steven Harbin
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Nov 08, 2012
Linda
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Amy Moon
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Wendy
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