- Hardcover: 336 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 1st. Edition edition (21 Jan 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747572410
- ISBN-13: 978-0747572411
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.6 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 23,795 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Down-to-earth, honest, sometimes painful, often moving ... What stands out is the book's tone: its honesty, its wisdom and its courage' Daily Telegraph 'Brave and honest ... It must have been terribly painful to write it. But, golly, am I glad that Sally Brampton did' Independent 'Brampton's obsessively honest, angry account ... aims to explode the myth that depression happens only to losers ... This brave and moving memoir challenges all the cliches about mental illness ... All who know the pain of depression will find the book immensely useful, and so will their friends and relations' Sunday Times 'She writes of her despair with such fluidity and lyricism' Observer
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I believe that we learn through stories. We learn that we are not alone. Sally Brampton is an optimist. The founding editor of Elle, a successful journalist and novelist, she loves gardening, friends and life. She is also a depressive. Shoot the Damn Dog is a memoir of her journey through depression. For four years her life stood still, mired in the tears, despair and desperate loneliness of mental illness. The brief joy of a stumbled recovery was cruelly, swiftly followed by a relapse into a deeper darkness, alcohol abuse and two suicide attempts. Hers is a story at once deeply personal and profoundly universal which, by way of shared experience, offers a connection to those who feel so terribly alone and ashamed. Unflinching and humble in its honesty, Shoot the Damn Dog blasts the stigma of depression as a character failing or moral flaw and confronts the terrifying illness Winston Churchill called the black dog, an illness that humiliates, punishes and isolates its sufferers. It is also a practical book, offering ideas about what might help. There are no promises, only suggestions: small steps towards understanding and managing this illness and slowly coming back into the light. With its raw, understated eloquence, this book will speak volumes to any person whose life has been haunted by depression , as well as offering help and understanding to those whose loved ones suffer from this debilitating condition.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a must for anyone coping with depression, or living with someone who suffers from it.
Sally Brampton is painfully honest in her book, and you can really feel you get to know her warts and all.
I dont suffer from depression myself, but I have a huge interest in mental health and this read was both informative and enlightening.
I cannot recommend this book enough.
Get a copy I bet you will want to reread it.
Sally Brampton is painfully honest in her book, and you can really feel you get to know her warts and all.
I dont suffer from depression myself, but I have a huge interest in mental health and this read was both informative and enlightening.
I cannot recommend this book enough.
Get a copy I bet you will want to reread it.
106 of 108 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I have just finished sally's book and found it truely amazing. In fact i bawled my eyes out after reading the first few chapters when i realised her story was so like mine (and my family) and others who suffer from this truely terrifying disease. Like Sally herself, my brother had tried to kill himself recently. Thankfully, mercifully, i was never that ill.
The beauty with Sally's account is she just tells her story just as it is, and in total honesty, which is very brave. I commend her for standing up to the stigma, fear and ignornace that is out there about depression.
I love the way Sally offers some meaningfull tips and advice on how one can perhaps better cope with the disease on a day to day basis.She offers none of the usual patronising miracle cures which other so called 'experts' have often written about.
You must read this book if you know anybody who suffers from this 'black dog' or if you are a sufferer yourself. At first i was afraid to read it, but now i am so, so, glad that i did.
Truely immense.
The beauty with Sally's account is she just tells her story just as it is, and in total honesty, which is very brave. I commend her for standing up to the stigma, fear and ignornace that is out there about depression.
I love the way Sally offers some meaningfull tips and advice on how one can perhaps better cope with the disease on a day to day basis.She offers none of the usual patronising miracle cures which other so called 'experts' have often written about.
You must read this book if you know anybody who suffers from this 'black dog' or if you are a sufferer yourself. At first i was afraid to read it, but now i am so, so, glad that i did.
Truely immense.
38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Finally a book I can relate to!
I do suffer from depression and find this book inspiring and useful to see there is a way to get through life!
Sally writes with honesty and factually about the illness and offers really useful personal advice, with a little light humour thrown in.
I am particually impressed that she writes through experience, which is what attracted me to the write up I saw in a magazine.
This is a book I would recommend to anyone suffering from any form of depression. Enjoy, learn and know you can do it!
I do suffer from depression and find this book inspiring and useful to see there is a way to get through life!
Sally writes with honesty and factually about the illness and offers really useful personal advice, with a little light humour thrown in.
I am particually impressed that she writes through experience, which is what attracted me to the write up I saw in a magazine.
This is a book I would recommend to anyone suffering from any form of depression. Enjoy, learn and know you can do it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent Personal Account of Depression
I thoroughly recommend this book on depression, being a personal journey, and every individual will be affected in a different way.
Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
Published 16 days ago by fran
Excellent
I was really impressed with this book. It was brutally honest about the desperate condition known as depression, yet it also gave hope for sufferers and practical tips to direct... Read more
Published 1 month ago by DubaiReader
Depression
Bought this for a close friend that's going throught a tough time. It is a shared experience from a writer that also went through depression and came out the other side. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Garfield
Amazing and Highly Recommend
Sally is an amazing woman. What a book. I'm so glad she wrote it and recommend it to everyone. I shall be keeping this book to refer back to as there are some very helpful... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Susan Stretton
Difficult Subject - Excellent Read
This is a terrific book. Extremely well written by journalist Sally Brampton, the writing style is easy to read without being condescending, it is appropriately witty and amusing... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mrs B
A Fabulous Read
This was given to me by a friend when I recently experience a severe bout of depression. I struggled to read it but persevered and was amazed at how Sally put across in words what... Read more
Published 3 months ago by MsMoose
Good service
The book came really quickly as promised and is a very good read, interesting to understand what a family member is going through. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Donna1988
Read the whole thing in one go
Brilliant, read it from cover to cover, cried a bit, and learnt a lot. I gave it to my friend and she liked it too, an excellent book.
Published 10 months ago by Mr. Richard I. Calvert
A very brave and candid book
This book probably didn't get a fair crack as I read it straight after Mood Mapping by Dr Liz Miller, which I thought was one of the most helpful books I've ever read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mrs B
Excellent account of depression
This is an absolute must read for anyone who has suffered from or been around someone with depression. Read more
Published 15 months ago by fifihad81
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