My depression

Author: Elizabeth Swado
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Cui Yongyuan wrote the preface – Depression is very close to me, close as a brother. Most of the symptoms described in the book are what I have, and there are also improvisational parts. Depression is a disease, not a disaster. Look, I can host programs again. Depression is curable. Look, I was named an outstanding individual by CCTV. Depression can recur. Look, I’ve recently “attacked” the famous writer Wang Anyi for translating this book! Elizabeth Swado captures the chaotic and unbalanced essence of depression and reveals its truth with wit, passion, and humor! – Dr. Genevieve Breslin (Harvard Medical Center)
A book about depression that won’t make you depressed! With irresistible illustrations and highly personal language, she tells us everything we should know about mental illness and how to help ourselves and those around us get out of the. – Gloria Steinem (American feminist leader)
This book about “bad feelings” will make you feel good! – Jimmy Breslin (New York columnist)
Those who suffer from depression struggle to describe how painful it is to be trapped in it! With powerful and dynamic illustrations and engaging and insightful text, she conveys the chaotic journey of a depressive patient’s inner world. – Gary Trousdale (renowned Hollywood screenwriter)
Elizabeth Swado, a famous American composer, playwright, and director, is known for her experimental musical “The Fugitive” on the stage of New York’s avant-garde theater. She has won three Obie Awards, five Tony Awards, and the National Endowment for the Arts Lifetime Achievement Award, among others. She excels in her beloved field but has been plagued by severe depression for over thirty years! After fighting this psychological demon alone for many years, she decided to seek help – she channeled her emotions through writing and completed this brilliant, poignant, yet uniquely interesting “Autobiography of a Depressive Patient”!
“My Depression” tells the story of how a depressive patient fights this most common disease through a unique, personal language and highly infectious sketches. The book is heartfelt yet humorous, and after its publication in the United States, it caused a sensation and was hailed as “a masterpiece that helps people overcome depression.”