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Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression
 
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Undercurrents: A Therapist's Reckoning with Her Own Depression (Paperback)

by Martha Manning (Author)
4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; New Ed edition (18 Mar 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 006251184X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0062511843
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.5 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,217 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"A brilliant combination of wit, irony, and despair...."Undercurrents "is absolutely as good as it gets."--"Los Angeles Times""Full of unexpected delights...honest, hilarious, full of hope."--"Dallas Morning News""Humor, candor, and a respect for the power of image and metaphor to heal."--"Philadelphia Inquirer""A moving and engaging journal....I found myself laughing out loud."--"Washington Post""A convincing testament to the inexorable cruelty of depression and a frightening reminder of its unprejudiced choice of victims."--"New York Times Book Review""An absolutely absorbing read."--"USA Today"

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This is the true-life story of the psychotherapist who suffered such severe clinical depression that she agreed to the controversial electroshock treatment, ECT. The diary entries lay bare the depths and dimensions of severe clinical depression.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "must read" for caregivers & depressed persons, 17 May 1999
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As a person diagnosed and living with major depression, I found solace and comfort in reading and re-reading this book. It was comforting to know that I was not alone. When I was unable to put words to the feelings I was having, Manning did it for me. While in treatment, when recovery seemed too slow,reading this book helped keep me focused.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is how I feel!!!! But she's funnier..., 4 Nov 1998
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Martha Manning beautifully articulates the emotions and thoughts that many people have who are struggling with major clinical depression. Not only does she make you feel understood and comforted by sharing her experience...she also causes you to laugh out loud by gently poking fun at some of the absurdities encountered by patients in their search for treatment. This book sparked a lot of revealing conversations between the members of my family who suffer from the same illness, and helped some of my friends understand what is going on behind the scenes and inside my head. It also provided a common ground to share a laugh...and if anything is essential to getting through a depressive episode, it is a sense of humor.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning!, 22 Jun 1998
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This work takes the reader through the experience of Clinical Major Depression vividly. Lyrical prose describes a wonderful person beset with a horrible disease. I've read this book three times--Martha Manning's journey sounds so much like my own, through the bowels of despair and apathy--and given it to friends to help them understand why I can't just "snap out of it", or not act irritable, or not want to just sit and stare or sit and sleep; why I stop eating; why I cry; and then why it's worse when I stop crying. This is a wonderful, wonderful, empathic book that does more to explain depression to others than a dozen manuals could ever do.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent description of the depression experience.
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