I was 25 years old and I was experiencing my first bout of depression, an illness that has ebbed and flowed ever since. In writing A Cure for Darkness: The Story of Depression and How We Treat It, I found stability in purpose. I’m far from the first person to find that writing books can be a salve for the suffering mind. It is a chilling account of postpartum psychosis and depression, and how women’s mental health has long been misunderstood and neglected. Manic depression (or bipolar disorder) is very different from “unipolar” depression but still shares much of the same stigma, life choices and treatments.

Source: The Guardian May 19, 2021 10:40 UTC