“Depression is the flaw in love. To be creatures who love, we must be creatures who can despair at what we lose, and depression is the mechanism of that despair. When it comes, it degrades one’s self and ultimately eclipses the capacity to give or receive affection. It is the aloneness within us made manifest, and it destroys not only connection to others but also the ability to be peacefully alone with oneself. Love, though it is no prophylactic against depression, is what cushions the mind and protects it from itself. Medications and psychotherapy can renew that protection, making it easier to love and be loved, and that is why they work.”
From “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression” by Andrew Solomon
I can highly recommend this book to anyone (sufferer, therapist, doctor, partner, friend, or family member) who is interested in depression. The book is very well written and has some great information on treatments, symptoms, how depression effects different populations, suicidality, as well as heart breaking accounts of how it is to live with depression. In short, it really is an atlas of depression.
Who would have thought that a non-fiction book about depression would be a page-turner?
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