Shoot the Damn Dog A Memoir of Depression

Name: Shoot the Damn Dog A Memoir of Depression
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ISBN: 9780393066784

ISBN-10: 0393066789

ISBN-13: 9780393066784

Edition: 2008

Authors: Sally Brampton

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A searing, raw memoir of depression that is ultimately uplifting and inspiring. A successful magazine editor and prize-winning journalist, Sally Brampton launchedEllemagazine in the UK in 1985. But behind the successful, glamorous career was a story that many of her friends and colleagues knew nothing abouther ongoing struggle with severe depression and alcoholism. Brampton's is a candid, tremendously honest telling of how she was finally able to "address the elephant in the room," and of a culture that sends the overriding message that people who suffer from depression are somehow responsible for their own illness. She offers readers a unique perspective of depression from the inside that…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Sally Brampton lives in London and is a highly acclaimed novelist, columnist, and journalist. She also teaches fashion at the Fashion Institute.



Introduction: Don't Look Down



Myself So Far



Bedlam and Leeches



Throat Monsters and Other Terrors



Self-Absorption and Symptoms



Losing My Balance



Breakdown



It's No Picnic



Leaving Hospital



Fine Is a Four-Letter Word



Genetics, Family and Other Disorders



Home Is Another Country



Emotional Memory



What We Resist Persists



The Elephant in the Room



Who Am I?



The Second Loony Bin



Travels Through Therapy



Withdrawal



The Beginning of the End



Suicide, the Last Goodbye



The Tipping Point



Making Sense



Turning Left



The Useful Stuff



Coming Through


Notes


Helpful Reading


Thank You


Index