Memoir on Depression?

KaeMartyndale · Post by **KaeMartyndale** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:02

I'm thinking about using a memoir on depression as part of my research for my paper.

Does anyone know of any good (and preferably true) memoirs on/ about depression?

Thanks!

Spoons · Post by **Spoons** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:11

prozac Nation, i havent read it, but i belong to another site which has lots of people suffering depression and most of them love it. i cant remember ever hearing a bad review on it, apparently it describes the feelings linked with depression perfectly.

KaeMartyndale · Post by **KaeMartyndale** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:19

Spoons wrote:prozac Nation, i havent read it, but i belong to another site which has lots of people suffering depression and most of them love it. i cant remember ever hearing a bad review on it, apparently it describes the feelings linked with depression perfectly.

Thanks, I'll check that out!

Spoons · Post by **Spoons** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:33

i think that that one is more focused on depression, but i know plenty more which cover depression and other problems such as eating disorders and self harm, if you need them

KaeMartyndale · Post by **KaeMartyndale** » 13 Apr 2008, 22:40

Spoons wrote:i think that that one is more focused on depression, but i know plenty more which cover depression and other problems such as eating disorders and self harm, if you need them

No, I needed one more focused on depression, at least for my research anyway. If there are any interesting other memoirs, I'd love to hear bout them, though, for my own reading.

Spoons · Post by **Spoons** » 13 Apr 2008, 23:04

Bloodletting- Victoria Leatham (SI)
Wasted- Marya Hornbacher (ED)
Cut- Patricia McCormick (SI)
Thin- Grace Bowman (ED)
Good girls do swallow- Rachael Oakes- Ash (ED)

They might interest you for your general reading
Ive read bloodletting but I didn’t like it, wasted is one of the best memoirs for ed’s and cut is one of the best for self harm, although that one is aimed at teens more directly.

Erasmus_Folly · Post by **Erasmus_Folly** » 14 Apr 2008, 01:18

One of the most famous memoirs dealing with depression is the author (of Sophie's Choice and Lie Down in Darkness ) William Styron's Darkness Visible.

It tells of his about his descent into depression and attempted suicide, and the triumph of recovery.

The title come's from John Milton's desciption of Hell in Paradise Lost:

No light; but rather darkness visible
Served only to discover sights of woe,
Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest can never dwell, hope never comes
That comes to all, but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed
With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.

sleepydumpling · Post by **sleepydumpling** » 14 Apr 2008, 04:33

You know Kae, I have read a gajillion of them but I can't think of ONE right now and that drives me nuts! I'll go away and think about it for a bit...