Jenny Lawson and Books That Get Depression Right
Jenny Lawson and Books That Get Depression Right
We asked our listeners for books they've read that give an accurate depiction of the reality of depression. Happily, we got enough great suggestions to weigh down a shopping cart at the bookstore or leave a library card smoldering. A name that came up a lot was author Jenny Lawson, who happens to be a friend of the show. On this episode, we talk with Jenny and get audio suggestions from a lot of THWoD-balls.
Books mentioned in the episode:
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time by Alex Korb
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig
She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana by Haven Kimmel
Night Falls Fast: Understanding Suicide by Kay Redfield Jamison
What Made Maddy Run: The Secret Struggles and Tragic Death of an All-American Teen by Kate Fagan
Empty by K. M. Walton
First, We Make the Beast Beautiful: A New Journey Through Anxiety by Sarah Wilson
Little Panic: Dispatches from an Anxious Life by Amanda Stern
The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness by William Styron
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: A Novel by Maria Semple
The Bible (The Psalms of David)
Welcome to My Planet by Shannon Olson
Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Other suggestions from fans:
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up by James Hollis
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness Paperback by Kay Redfield Jamison
She's Come Undone Paperback by Wally Lamb
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson and Donna Diamond
See the more suggestions from fans over on our Facebook page.