Back CoverIn this candid and courageous account, Steve Scott – a long-term sufferer of severe clinical depression – describes the nightmare he and his family have lived through for so many years. He looks back to his teenage years, where he believes his depression began, and describes how his illness affected both his job and his relationship with himself, his wife and his family. He also enlightens readers as to how he has emerged from some very dark places with the realisation that his depression is a gift to help others in a similar situation.Also included in this book are some stark and frank accounts from fellow sufferers – ‘insiders’, and how people who have lived with or cared for sufferers – ‘outsiders’ have been affected by the illness.Finally, there is a very interesting perspective from the eyes of a professional and experienced psychotherapist, which helps explain how and why the illness is manifested and perpetuated.
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