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Kindle deal - $1.99 today. If you or anyone you know suffers from #depression, this book provides such clarity. Life changing for me. Styron details his battle in such a way I finally felt someone could accurately vocalize my feelings. Years ago, my now husband saw it on my shelf & I mentioned how much it helped me. Months later (noticing his increased patience & understanding) I discovered he had quietly read it. ❤ Can't recommend enough.

William Styron is a great author and it was incredibly powerful to read his own account of his struggle with depression. Full of depth and insight — I‘ll be pondering this one for a while.

1) tagged book, An Old Woman‘s Reflections and The Question of Red
2) In Paris on a chilly evening late in October of 1985 I first became aware that the struggle with the disorder in my mind—a struggle which had engaged me for months—might have a fatal outcome.
3) There is no greater robber than a bad book. It gave me permission to DNF books where before I would read them to the bitter end.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

https://bookriot.com/2019/05/08/memoirs-about-mental-illness/

Having been diagnosed with Clinical Depression over twenty years ago, I‘m always on the lookout for solid books about mental illness that are informative and engaging yet not self-pitying. This list from Book Riot looks excellent. Tagged book is the best I‘ve ever read, and I want to read the 3 pictured. Anyone read these? #mentalillness #mentalhealthawareness

I read this book when I was a teenager and it helped me understand that a person could be legitimately depressed and not be an addict. (I grew up in a small town and I had to work to get exposure to the greater world.) I have been struggling lately and took this book down off of the shelf for a little connection. It is helpful and brief, a good companion in difficult times.

Novelist William Styron‘s eloquent memoir of his descent into severe depression and eventual hospitalization, as well as his recovery at the end, provide some insight and a glimmer of hope for those also suffering from the illness. Though a highly personal work, there were some passages I strongly related to.

Styron's description of his journey into and away from depression is heartfelt and unflinching. I feel I've only been in the outskirts of a place he's travelled through. There's no map that any other person can follow, no photos or artist's impressions of the terrain, as the landscape can't be described, only felt. Nevertheless, Styron's dispatch from his personal hell does bring some light to the darkness, a hope that if fellow travellers...👇🏼

I'm finding Christmas Humphreys' book on zen to require more brain power than I can muster whilst sunning myself. I'm not sure a memoir about depression is the answer, but it's the only alternative I've got!

The best description of depression I have ever experienced in any medium.

#alonewithme #MarchIntoOz
Variations of #alonewithme. William Styron‘s account of his descent into “madness”; Anne Morrow Lindberg‘s escape to the sea; the single-mindedness of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Darkness Visible describes depression perfectly. I never blame those that do not suffer from chronic depression and therefore can't comprehend the frustration and hopelessness; it's impossible to make someone outside of your head truly understand. But as a fellow sufferer, Styron gets it. And by reading just a few pages, by naming it, I find the power of my depression is diminished and I am comforted. #10kGiveaway #DepressionLies

@TK421

Nothing especially shattering but it does open the eyes a little for those who have never been afflicted with depression. I could identify with parts..a short read if you wish to understand a little more.

#FiveBooks that influenced me

Harriet the Spy - first smart, strong female character I can remember
Crime and Punishment - sparked my love for Russian literature
Mrs Dalloway - Best. Quote. Ever.
The Sun Also Rises - most favoritest classic and my go-to novel in reading slumps
Darkness Visible - contains the most accurate descriptions of the struggles with depression I've ever read

Just discovered that I had this so I will stop and read it right now. "In Paris on a chilly evening...I first became aware that the struggle with the disorder in my mind...might have a fatal outcome.-William Styron

#insaneinthebrain #90sInJuly
This book came to mind when I saw today's prompt.
@Cinfhen @Robothugs

"Most people in the grip of depression at its ghastliest are, for whatever reason, in a state of unrealistic hopelessness, torn by exaggerates ills and fatal threats that bear no resemblance to actuality." There is much truth in Styron's word. Never have I felt more in common with an author. Page after page, I found myself nodding and speaking to the air in agreement.

Never a more succinct description. #truth #depression

The pain of severe depression is quite unimaginable to those who have not suffered it, and it kills in many instances because its anguish can no longer be borne. The prevention of many suicides will continue to be hindered until there is a general awareness of the nature of this pain.

Can we talk about my hubby's patronus? My Siberian cat self was scared to go to bed next to him 😂