You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression [Paperback]

Julia Thorne (Author), Larry Rothstein (Collaborator)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 1993

A uniquely compassionate book that provides information, companionship and hope for individuals and families coping with depression.

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"Groundbreaking...must reading for sufferers, those associated with depression, and mental helath professionals." -- --ShevertFrazier, M.D., former director, National Institutes of Mental Health

Product Details

• Paperback: 185 pages
• Publisher: HarperPerennial; 1 edition (November 30, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060969776
• ISBN-13: 978-0060969776
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,187,768 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It helps me to relate to the depressed person I love!, September 1, 1999

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This review is from: You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression (Paperback)

Undoubtedly, it is a great suffering to be depressed. For the people who love and care a depressed person, however, there is no less suffering. Instead of giving me the academical definition of depression, the book simply helps me to understand better how a person in depression feels and understands the world. I feel more empathetic to the people in depression. It is a book not only helps a depressed person to walk out of his depression but also his family and friends to love him even more.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book pretty much saved my life., January 5, 1997

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This review is from: You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression (Paperback)

After struggling with depression for most of my life, I discovered this book at precisely the right time. Basically, it's an oral history of "normal" people who suffer from terrible depression. It made me realize that the worst thing about depression is that you feel so alone when you are depressed and, worse, you feel slightly crazy when you finally snap out of it and look back. This book makes you realize that the experience is more universal than you think and that there are a lot of talented, achieving people who struggle with depression and that you are, indeed, not alone.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a paperback "friend" who can relate, June 23, 2001

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This review is from: You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression (Paperback)

People who have never been to the Dark Side just don't understand what it is like to be depressed, to be inconsolable and cry uncontrollably. Caring friends may encourage you to "cheer up" or tell you "you don't have anything to be depressed about", but these things only make you feel worse. This book is -- okay, it's no substitute for a therapist or a caring friend -- but its full of one-two paragraph snippets from folks who have been there -- sharing their feelings, their symptoms, their words of encouragement. This book is not a how-to; it doesn't discuss the chemistry of depression or outline treatment programs. Rather, it really does make you feel like you're not crazy, not the only person in the world who is crippled by depression. Some of the writers even describe how they are empowered by their depression -- which is encouraging. My only, tiny little gripe about the book -- the author/editor changes the names and home towns of the contributors to protect their privacy, and in one of the stories, the author's purported name doesn't match the name in the story. Nitpicky, I know.