I really think this book is what I needed this week. I suffer from depression and this week I hit a pretty large low. Through friends and this book I was able to see that I truly am not alone. Now I know that next time I am in a big low my mind will lie to me again and tell me I am all alone.
Mental illness is a serious thing but being able to find humor in it is important. If we cannot find humor in things and start taking our lives so seriously then we become very unhappy people. They (whoever they are) say laughter is the best medicine. And I find this to be very true.
When my mind starts lying to me and telling me how seriously messed up I am, I have to find laughter. I have to find the bright side. It is there, somewhere in the darkness of my mind. I laughed so much reading this book. This book is one that I will pick up again when I am need of this.
I find her arguments with her husband to be some of the best. I have my favorite chapters dog eared so that I can find them so easily. But the epilogue spoke to me the most. It's almost like it was done in a letter to me personally. There is part of a paragraph that really spoke to me.
"You are alive. You have fought and battled them. You are scarred and worn and sometimes exhausted and were perhaps even close to giving up, but you did not."
This is something I think is important, we have to remember that we have won this battle multiple times. We have succeed in this and we will succeed again. There is no light right now but it is out there. You will find it and succeed again.
If you suffer mental illness or know someone that suffers read this book. Don't take it too seriously either though. I didn't take it as a complete "how to" type of book. But it is helpful and gives you an insight into the minds of those you love that suffer. Or if you suffer it just may be something that help you find the humor and laugh. Something that help you find the brightness a little sooner.
Thanks for reading!
~~~~~Bonnie
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