My Review:
Depression is hard. I thought that I could handle anything that came my way but that was before I was almost struck down with depression. Like me the author of this book was on top of the world when a crippling black depression overtook her. In this book she tells how at first she fought it then she “made friends” with it and to see what it could teach her. At first I was doubtful. I mean, really, make “friends with a black cloud of depression? If you were to ask me that is something to fight with every fiber of your being. I once heard the term “to claw your way out of hell” and thought that was an apt description of fighting depression. This author takes the opposite approach. She actually sits down and journals and asks what her depression could teach her. She had some odd symptoms that no Dr could find relief for but she found out what was wrong herself. I remembered my own journey with Paleo and how much easier my depression would have been if I had know about that 7 years a go. I was impressed by what she was willing to learn about herself and her depression.
She found out that it could teach her a lot. For example she needed to slow down and live life in the slow lane. I was pleased when she admitted this because I too have slowed down and I always feel like i am missing something. I would prefer a quit night in but at the same time I am like what am I missing OUT THERE? Hearing another person that is successful admit that she needed to take a step back and live life on her own terms made me feel better about the decisions that I have made with my life.