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#BookBinge #AboutMentalHealth ANational Book Award winner I have been meaning to read.

This was a totally comprehensive piece on the history and treatment of depression. It was beautifully poignant in places and very eye opening to the signs, symptoms and causes of the illness. Although it gave me plenty to think about, given my own mental health issues, I did feel that the harsh reality of the overall difficulties in effectively treating depression were a little disheartening. Still, a fantastic read.

Powerful for me right now...

Excellent book about the nature of depression, how different people experience it, and what treatment options are out there. Solomon showcases extensive research and firsthand knowledge of depression, examining the topic with great insight and compassion. He‘s a marvelous writer and beautifully expresses what it is like to live with the illness.

I read “Noonday Demon” when I was in my twenties, and remember that I loved it. I have decided to re-read it, along with other books, for my research into this “brain-difference-memoir-research” genre as I am writing my memoir this year.

I don‘t normally post this sort of thing but I‘ve been rather sporadic here lately, especially on weekends. I‘ve been having a rough time for a bit and after discussion one of my meds has been tweaked. I have been trying to pay attention and reply to some of the question posts but often they—and reading—get beyond me. I know I‘ll get through it, it just sucks during. Here‘s my snugglebuddy #catsofLitsy

Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair. When it comes, it degrades one's self and ultimately eclipses the capacity to give or receive affection. It is the aloneness within us made manifest, and it destroys not only connection to others but also the ability to be peacefully alone with oneself.

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Incredible. I'm in tears.
Wow.

I like #bigbooks and I cannot lie...
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Here are my #yellowcovers for day 2 of the #riotgram challenge. All from my TBR shelf.
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2017, Book 7 "It is often said that depression is a thing to which a leisured class falls prey in a developed society; in fact, it is a thing that a certain class has the luxury of addressing. Between the Inuit's silence and our verbalized self-awareness lie a multitude of ways of speaking of psychic pain, of knowing that pain. Context, race, gender, tradition, nation- all conspire to determine what is to be said and what is to be left unsaid."

Doorstop of a book that is huge in scope but remains compelling throughout. Solomon does an amazing job of looking at depression through many different lenses...from the emotional to the scientific and political, he puts depression into perspective even while acknowledging that we don't exactly know what this great melancholy is.

Solomon expertly combines memoir and detailed research to create a beautifully written depiction of what it means to be depressed. Recommended for everyone; not only those touched by this disease.