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IN PARIS ON A CHILLY EVENING LATE IN OCTOBER OF 1985 I first became fully aware that the struggle with the disorder in my mind-a struggle which had engaged me for several months-might have a fatal outcome. Read the first page
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IN PARIS ON A CHILLY EVENING LATE IN OCTOBER OF 1985 I first became fully aware that the struggle with the disorder in my mind-a struggle which had engaged me for several months-might have a fatal outcome. Read the first page
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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If anyone is wondering what depression feels like, this book is one man's answer. William Styron frankly and eloquently describes the internal torment that took him to the brink of suicide, then details how a spell in hospital and continued therapy and medication pulled him back to life.
Depression crept up on Styron at the height of his career. He had seen friends give in and take their own lives in the past, but had never expected to face the illness himself.
This is the book I recommend to family and friends who want to know how depression feels. Styron says it so much better than I can.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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This is the best depiction of depression I have read. It makes me realise I've never been really depressed myself - although I know people who have, and this book depicts it as it must be. Moving and frightening.
26 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Fascinating book that explores and helps readers to understand the real depths of an illness which few can fully comprehend. As a memoir of the author's own experiences it offers a valid portrayal of melancholia, informing readers in his wonderful narrative style. With such a dark subject matter this book won't leave you full of smiles but it does leave you with a more compassionate view of melancholia and a satisfying read.
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Still in the dark
I picked read this as I'm always interested in peoples' experiences with depression and how they deal with it/emerge from it, as well as how it was for them. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Sam Quixote
Making Sense of Depression
"Darkness Visible" is a moving and sometimes devastating account of depressive illness as experienced by the award winning author of "Sophie's Choice" William Styron. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dean Cowan
moving essay on suicidal depression
If you have never experienced depression - or have not learned what tools there are to cope with it - this is as good a place as any to begin to find out about it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by rob crawford
Depression insights
This is a short book that describes how Styron went through a period of intense depression. It describes how he suffered more in the late afternoon and early evening than in the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Pag Clack
Few have managed to be this eloquent in discribing horror
William Styron Has done it. He has written a book that I'd gladly buy in stacks, and hand out to all and sundry around me, who's got not even the faintest of ideas of what darkness... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Aernout Zevenbergen
"A Despair Beyond Despair"
An amazing book. Surely no reader, prepared to travel with Styron on his harrowing journey into the "yawning darkness" of depression, could emerge with an unchanged attitude to... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Isabelle
Depression sucks!
If you suffer from depression, as I do, this book represents a great way to explain it to anyone who needs/wants to understand. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Eejay
Indescribable
This book was recommended in a recent article by Professor Lewis Wolpert, himself a sufferer of depression. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2010 by Mrs. Audrey Williams
And so Once Again we Beheld the Stars.
Were it not for the fact that depression has cast its dark shadow over my life, I would not be here now typing out yet another review. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2010 by Bob Salter
Beautiful and uplifting
My only gripe with this book is in the use of the word 'madness' in the sub-title. Depression isn't madness. Read more
Published on 23 Aug 2009 by Jimifan1970
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