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You Are Not Alone: Words of Experience and Hope for the Journey Through Depression Paperback – January 1, 1993

by Julia Thorne (Author), Larry Rothstein (Collaborator)

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

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185 pages
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January 1, 1993
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5.5 x 0.53 x 8.25 inches
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0060969776
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978-0060969776
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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

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperPerennial; 1st edition (January 1, 1993)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 185 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0060969776
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0060969776
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.53 x 8.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #2,350,981 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,444 in Depression (Books)
- #3,552 in Anxiety Disorders (Books)
- #4,345 in Popular Psychology Pathologies

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purplelikeme

Best Depression Book I've Read

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2010

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This book is phenomenal. I received it from a fellow family member who also suffers from long-term major depressive disorder. The worst thing about depression, at least for me, is feeling so alone...not necessarily being physically by myself, but knowing that those I interact with on a regular basis do not understand what is going on inside of me. I reached the point where life just didn't matter any more. I only got out of bed in the morning because staying in bed would mean losing my job, which would mean being unable to pay my bills, which would mean losing my apartment, which would mean moving back in with my parents who definitely did not understand what I was going through. How do you explain to people that no, you haven't brushed your teeth today or cleaned your apartment in a month because those things don't seem to matter when all you want to do is die. I didn't want to kill myself...I just wanted to stop living, to finally rest, to be able to take a break from myself. I wanted to be able to get outside of my head. No one understood that. Friends would tell me things like, "You should go out with us. You'll feel so much better if you try to have some fun" or "Things will get better. Just hang on." Knowing that the contributors to this book have been through the same thing and come out on the other side gives me hope and lets me know that I'm not the only one experiencing the hell of depression. I'm not alone in this.

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michigan jean

not bad, but fairly light

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2002

This is a good book to read if you need reassurance that you are not alone. Anyone suffering from depression knows that pervasive feeling all to well and this book fits that niche nicely. However, if you are looking for help on how to recover, there are far better books out there offering sound advice most notably "undoing Depression". Again though, this is an important book for people in the stage of depression where they are feeling alone.

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Peggy Bolcoa

Hard to say you love a book about depression

Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2016

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Hard to say you love a book about depression, but I really do love this book. A lot of shared experiences with loneliness , Comforting.

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Inspiration and insights

Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2022

Wonderful resource for adult Sunday School class. Inspiration and insights that are transformational.

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K. S. - Arizona

Help and Ideas for depressed persons and those who love them

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2010

This book, written by Julia Thorne, the Director of the Depression Initiative, is a practical and very readable book about depression. In the book, Thorne shares short letters of techniques which worked for other depressed patients and gives insight through these experiences that others sharing the illness have discovered worked for them. This technique is not the only one that Julia Thorne uses in this book, but it is an effective one for helping the reader to identify with others who are sharing the same struggle. Since depression is unique for each individual yet shares some similarities with other cases, I feel this book is very helpful in making the depressed person look at the disease as a problem that can be solved. The more extreme cases might make some people happy that their depression is not so bad. For those with similar symptoms, it can be an eye-opening lesson on how depression relates to anger. There are also may other insights given by the patients in this book which will be helpful, especially for someone dealing with depression for the first time.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is depressed or anyone living with a depressed person. For those who do not suffer from depression, learning to know the warning signals and the illness's symptoms is very helpful. Thorne also has a great recommended reading list and a list of agencies which can refer those needing help to local practioners and resource groups. It is a very readable and useful starting point or educational tool.

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anonymous

Excellent and accessible read

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2014

I found this book a deeply comforting series of essays and stories. Depression is extremely isolating and being able to read about other's experiences with it helped me understand not only my own history depression but to recognize the behaviors of some people I love dearly who were suffering too.

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Taryn Alyssa

Written for Christians

Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2014

I wish it had been made more clear to me that this book is God-centric and intended for Christian audiences.

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A. Vegan

I Beg To Differ

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2004

When you have depression, nothing matters. The title of this book is complete B.S Yes, you are alone. Just because there are millions of people suffering with depression, doesn't mean that these people are with you. Depression isn't easy and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. These stories are heartbreaking and make you feel even more alone because there's still no one to talk to. One of the stories explained it perfectly:
"No one wants to be around someone who's down. Who wants to spend time with someone who's full of fear, anger and sadness? Besides, I don't know anyone who's gone through what I'm going through right now. What can I say to people? That I want to check out, that I want to go to sleep and never wake up. Nobody wants to hear that. It's lonely being depressed."
I'm not saying this is a bad book, it's just that the title is completely unsuitable.

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