Shadows in the sun : healing from depression and finding the light within
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Center City, MN : Hazelden, 2014.
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9781616494759 (softcover), 1616494751 (softcover)
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269 pages cm
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PATEROS PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Published
Center City, MN : Hazelden, 2014.
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9781616494759 (softcover), 1616494751 (softcover)
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As a young girl in Bangalore, Gayathri was surrounded by the fragrance of jasmine and flickering oil lamps, her family protected by Hindu gods and goddesses. But as she grew older, demons came forth from the dark corners of her idyllic kingdom-with the scariest creatures lurking within her. The daughter of a respected Brahmin family, Gayathri began to feel different. "I can hardly eat, sleep, or think straight. The only thing I can do is cry unending tears." Her parents insisted it was all in her head. Because traditional Indian culture had no concept of depression as an illness, no doctor could diagnose and no medicine could heal her mysterious malady. This memoir traces Gayathri's courageous battle with the depression that consumed her from adolescence through marriage and a move to the United States. It was only after the birth of her first child, when her husband discovered her in the backyard "clawing the earth furiously with my bare hands, intent on digging a grave so that I could bury myself alive" that she finally found help. After a stay in a psych ward she eventually found "the light within," an emotional and spiritual awakening from the darkness of her tortured mind. Book jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Ramprasad, G. (2014). Shadows in the sun: healing from depression and finding the light within . Hazelden.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ramprasad, Gayathri. 2014. Shadows in the Sun: Healing From Depression and Finding the Light Within. Hazelden.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Ramprasad, Gayathri. Shadows in the Sun: Healing From Depression and Finding the Light Within Hazelden, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Ramprasad, Gayathri. Shadows in the Sun: Healing From Depression and Finding the Light Within Hazelden, 2014.
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