A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.
Loss in all of its manifestations is the touchstone of depression -- in the progress of the disease and, most likely, in its origin. At a later date I would gradually be persuaded that devastating loss in childhood figured as a probable genesis of my own disorder; meanwhile, as I monitored my retrograde condition, I felt loss at every hand.
One dreads the loss of all things, all people close and dear. There is an acute fear of abandonment. Being alone in the house, even for a moment, caused me exquisite panic and trepidation.
The acute sense of loss is connected with a knowledge of life slipping away at accelerated speed. (查看原文)
I admire Styron as much for being a writer par excellence as a brave warrior in the battle against his almost ineffable psychosomatic agony. This is a piece of writing so eloquently and gracefully com...I admire Styron as much for being a writer par excellence as a brave warrior in the battle against his almost ineffable psychosomatic agony. This is a piece of writing so eloquently and gracefully composed, despite being ‘outlandishly macabre’, that compels me to confront my own psychical demons while moving me to the edge of belated catharsis. (展开)
I'm way beyond appreciating the life of getting to read this book recently. My life had changed drastically after grad school, and I was drifting far away from the summer when I was 15; when I started to learn about depression and PTSD, and so much more lat...
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0 有用 秀走之 2013-05-10 05:16:18
……根本没考
0 有用 Tapachtli 2022-06-21 14:25:31
mysteriously enters… with mysterious exit
0 有用 melocotonie 2025-08-15 04:40:44 上海
很短一本，写了一些个人对抗抑郁症的经历，美国中年白人男性的视角。比较有意思的部分是描写早期病情加重影响社交（文学家圈子）的经历，以及作者对个人心理医生和部分院内人员的不满（写得很直白）
3 有用 Seahorse 2015-12-29 10:20:15
I admire Styron as much for being a writer par excellence as a brave warrior in the battle against his almost ineffable psychosomatic agony. This is a piece of writing so eloquently and gracefully com... I admire Styron as much for being a writer par excellence as a brave warrior in the battle against his almost ineffable psychosomatic agony. This is a piece of writing so eloquently and gracefully composed, despite being ‘outlandishly macabre’, that compels me to confront my own psychical demons while moving me to the edge of belated catharsis. (展开)
0 有用 momo 2024-09-09 18:30:03 北京
11%dnf 没意思 没有重点