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 enlarge | Author: Matthew Johnstone
Publisher: Robinson Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 2601
Media: Paperback
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 6.5 x 0.3
ISBN: 1845295897
EAN: 9781845295899
ASIN: 1845295897
Publication Date: May 24, 2007
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How Depression Really Feels!! May 16, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have a library of books about depression, a condition I have battled with for more than 20 years; this is, by far, better than most of the literature I've read. I have given copies to friends who are both professionals in the field and lay people. I have NEVER had such positive comments about a book. A couple of professionals have gone to the trouble of writing to me - this book, they commented, really gave them an insight into how depression feels for their patients and clients, especially that there is not always a precipitating factor - it's just there. I wish I'd had something like this when at my worst - it's unusual format makes it very accessible even on the very worst of days; at least one page can be managed!!! And, of course, anything recommended by Stephen Fry must be good!!
Great insight to the world of the BLACK DOG March 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The comments written by Stephen Fry, probably sums up this book better than i could ever put into words but this book i have found to be very practical not only for myself but my partner who is also my carer and friends who know me but didn't really understand what it is like to be a sufferer of depression, as the 12th page of the book says we are very good at concealing our illness and it is something that i have done for many years and mainly for the reasons quoted in this book, and i have great admiration for Matthew Johnstone for putting this book together and would happily recommend it to anyone who suffers and is living or in close contact with someone with depression to read it as it gives a very good insight to what having the BLACK DOG is all about.
Brilliant October 28, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
This book says it all in a very simple way, and gives people who don't suffer from depression an idea of what it is like to live with. For loved ones, friends or family, who don't suffer, this book offers a glimpse into what can be a very lonely place for those that are suffering. This book can be read in about 5 minutes, page to page, but it says what a 300 page book says, with pictures and clear simple statements. So much simpler for loved ones and friends to understand quickly but with understanding.
It also helps people who do suffer see that they are not alone and that depression is something that can be lived with.
I loved it.
Expresses in pictures what words struggle to June 11, 2007
55 out of 55 found this review helpful
I couldn't agree more with the previous reviewer. This is a fantastic book - helpful personally and for lending. It is one of those books that you can easily put in the had of someone in the midst of the darkest of moments without feeling that it will be too pushy, overwhelming, bossy or wordy.
I'm not actually a great believer in the adage that a picture is worth more than 1000 words. For they have different functions and work best in different contexts. But the greatest art can brilliantly capture the full reality of life, with all its visceral emotions and heady passions as well as its bleak despair and lostness. Now the pictures in this book are not exactly great art as such and you wouldn't expect to find them in a posh gallery. But they DO capture the reality of depression - in such a way as to say 'i know how you feel' without overtones of being sickeningly glib and condescending. For Matthew Johnstone is clearly someone who knows what it feels like - he's been there and still battles.
So when someone is really under the storm-clouds, they can at least point to some of the individual pages in this book, and without fuss, struggles or even words, immediately articulate what it's like. That can only be good for those struggling to battle and those struggling to love those who battle.
Brilliant.
Brilliant June 9, 2007
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
I adore this book! I'm suffering from depression, have been for a few years, and I find it difficult to express in words how I feel. These pictures really sum it up for me. It reminds me that I'm not alone, others feel the same too. I've been making my closest friends read this so they can see.
The only thing, for me, is that I have no happy ending yet. It says if you take the right steps it will pass, but this isn't true for me.
But I've seen nothing like this before, and I'll continue buying it for people.
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