“A frightening tale that will strike a nerve in anyone whose life
has been touched by the agony of mental illness” (People). It
hides in plain sight—in the colleague who drinks too much, in the
friend who keeps canceling nights out, in the teenager who won’t
leave his room. It is frequently found running in tandem with other
life-threatening diseases. It is in our colleagues, in our friends, in
our families. Depression has afflicted Tracy Thompson most of her
life. To the outsider looking in, she was a happy person with a
rewarding career, a beautiful family, and a large circle of friends.
But lurking beneath the veil of contentment was a dark, inexplicable,
and all-consuming despair that she would later dub “The Beast.”
In this unflinching chronicle of her continuing battle against “The
Beast,” Tracy Thompson writes with ceaseless candor on her struggles
and the internal war that pursued her from youth to adulthood,
undermining relationships, complicating her career, and threatening
her family. Thompson recounts this most personal and vital battle to
reclaim her life before depression could take it from her. A seminal
work on depression at publication, The Beast remains an essential read
to the millions of Americans enduring this affliction, in either their
loved ones or themselves. It offers an insightful perspective on the
disease, and a glimmer of hope. “Ms. Thompson takes a clear-eyed
look at work as well as love, intertwining the success story of her
journalistic career (she eventually becomes a reporter on The
Washington Post) with her record of numb despair, suicide attempts and
hospitalizations.” —The New York Times
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ISBN
9781626814349
Publisert
2015
Utgiver
Vendor
Diversion Books (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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