It is the day-to-day survival that resonates most with me.

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	• The Beast: A Reckoning with Depression Tracy Thompson Putnam Adult, 1995 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 39 reviews
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Absolutely The Best Book for Someone Depressed

I ordered this book along with 2 others, You Are Not Alone (Thorne) and On The Edge of Darkness (Cronkite) and Ms. Thompson is the only one who I felt really understood what I am feeling and have felt, living with depression almost my entire life. Her first person account of living with The Beast made me feel like I am not alone with this disease. Although I appreciated the vignette approach to "You Are Not Alone", it was Ms. Thompson who I felt a real connection with. I could not finish reading the Cronkite book because it seemed like these stories were the rich and famous talking about their adult onset of depression. The Beast is absolutely THE best for someone living with depression because it made me feel like someone else has been through and lived through the same horrors that I have.

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....I did love "The Beast"and I would recommend it to anyone who is suffering with or knows someone who is suffering with depression.

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Finally, someone who understands....

Ms. Thompson's book literally took my breath away. At last, someone's life long account of deaing with depression. I commend her for her forthright, honest account of how this illness took over her life and how she battled her way back. Depression is so difficult to describe to those who have not dealt with it on such a severe basis but Ms. Thompson describes it perfectly, especially how it creeps up then grabs hold. Society still equates depression with a weakness in character so I find it particularly brave that such a public persona would come forth with such a personal tale. I know it has given me much comfort and hope.

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It is the day-to-day survival that resonates most with me.

I've read several books trying to understand the beast within myself, and Tracy Thompson's is the most open and useful account I had found. I especially liked the way it captures the moments not just in hindsight but as turmoil and pain felt at the time. I've found it near impossible to reflect on my own moments of agony with a clear, wide-open eye. Another thing I respect is that depression isn't a one-shot thing, and reading her account of coming back out again was uplifting. As one who also was on the fast track to success only to stumble on myself repeatedly, I very much appreciated her story. Hers is one of the book that prompted me to write a letter as soon as I finished to thank her.

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Great book for introspection

As a member of 12-step groups I and a "long-timer" I found this book extremely helpful in seeing myself in a new light. I was having trouble with anger and resentment. I have done the steps and it was helpful but her outlook on depression, which I have too, helped me understand myself in a deeper,more insightful way. I can see what is under the anger and yes sometimes the rage I feel. I also saw where I still have poor coping skills. It's not pretty at times but until I deal with my "demons" I will never get the recovery that some "old timers" have. I don't want to be a person who hasn't really changed much and I want to feel the full range of emotions that "normal" people feel. I have thought about Prozac but I'm still afraid it will change my personality. I use clonazepam. I have PTSD. I have only used it about 3 months and it's not working as well as at the beginning. I want to eventually not use any prosciption drugs. But like Tracy, I'm finding it helpful at this time. I'm just starting to learn to deal with PTSD and it's scary and confusing. I feel like I'm new to therapy again. Plus Im just starting to see how fundamental Christianity has done it's damage to me. I was in denial about that phase of my past that was my childhood. Thankfully I found Unitarian/Universalist church. Thank you Tracy for your book. It was worth the effort to write.

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