Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America: A Memoir
Has anyone else read this book? I find it quite striking. Of course, it's not a happy book and is quite a trigger, but I just relate to Elizabeth so well. I like it, not because of the content, but because of how brutally honest it is. It's not sugar coated in anyway, and is just blunt. Elizabeth has such a terrific way with words, and so perfectly describes her depression as a "black wave" that engulfs her. I don't know about anyone else here, but for me, that's exactly what it is! For anyone who can handle the deep pain that is held within every line, I highly recommend this novel. If you're a little more sensitive to triggers, maybe not so much.
I had this book read it about ten times! I loved it, but one day my dad went in my room while i was at school and foun it and read the cover and ripped it to shreds! Not quite sure why that was, it was never explained. I never bought another copy either actually and that was about 5 years ago!
Life breaks most of us in the end, but afterwards some of us are strong in the broken places
~ Ernest Hemingway
" my precious, precious child, I love you and I would never, never leave you during your times of trials and suffering. When you see only one set of footprints it was then that I carried you" you were carried out of are lifes into the next and when its my time to leave this life I know i will be carried into the next life with you.
I wish i had my world complete again.
'Can we protend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars, i could really use a wish right now' BoB
I hated it.
I didn't find it to be "honest" or "a wonderful portrayal of depression" or whatever elsssse.
I just found it whiny and irritating and repetitive and stereotypical.
But there you go.
I read it many years ago and didn't think it was the most amazing book ever but I thought it was an interesting read. I also started to read another book of hers called More, Now, Again but had to stop half way through coz it really wasn't helping the state of mind I was in at that time!
I'm in two minds about it...it meant a lot to me when I was like, 15, because it gave me words that I couldn't find, although I was always aware that while we do share some common ground (a love for music and literature), the reality is that we're miles apart and have had totally different experiences leading up to it. It is whiny and annoying, but so is anyone with depression writing a book about it. One thing it does do effectively is highlight the issue of the over prescription of drugs for mental illness when a lot of the time, other things will work better. So I'd rate it about 6/10.
xxxxx
How could you become as awesome as you are and still feel like a loser?
I personally loved it, ok it is whiny blah blah blah, but this is depression we're talking about; if depressed people were interesting, colourful, hilarious etc everyday they wouldn't be depressed.
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"She's been everybody else's girl
Maybe one day she'll be her own"