Publication

2015 - Seven Stories Press, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

44,000 words, Guess

Page Count

176 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101609806042
  • ISBN-139781609806040
  • OCLC Control Number926087627
  • Better World Books9781609806040
  • Open LibraryOL27203522M

Classifications

  • DDCB
  • DDC818/.5409
  • DDC616.85270092

Description

This intimate journey through long-term depression is by turns tender, funny, poignant, and uplifting. Swados' charming words and frenzied drawings bring home the experience of severe depression, from the black cloud forming on the horizon to feelings of self-loathing and loss of self-confidence; from contemplating suicide, which Swados describes as wandering off into the Sahara desert (discounting the buzzards and the scorpions), to actively seeking out methods for fighting depression-including psychics, diet, and repression therapy-to experimenting with antidepressants that make you snippy, sleepy, or judgmental. My Depression is an engaging and heartening memoir of an illness that has been stigmatized for too long and on how it is possible to survive, one little challenge at a time, with medication and the occasional tasty, messy slice of pizza; with dancing to a boombox on the street and thanking the mailman for the newest catalogue, then proceeding to read it cover to cover!

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Other Editions

  • My depressionSeven Stories Press2015

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