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    Struck By Living (2nd Edition): From Depression to Hope
    Struck By Living (2nd Edition): From Depression to Hope
    Struck By Living (2nd Edition): From Depression to Hope
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    Struck By Living (2nd Edition): From Depression to Hope

    By Julie Hersh

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    Struck by Living, originally published in 2010, is a story about me, Julie Kosnik Hersh, my experience with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and management of depression. This new version includes a prologue detailing the strange series of events this book spurred, as well as a wellness list in the back.
    On the original book tour, I decided it was too depressing to just talk about my depression, so I talked about how I stayed well too. People scribbled down these ideas like gospel, which they aren’t. They are common-sense ideas I’ve learned from years of psychotherapy, my own reading, and talking to people about this topic. I’ve included these ideas in this new edition so people don’t have to scribble. I love to read, so I wrote this book like a novel, instead of like a self-help book. I’m not a fan of self-help books as most of them claim to be “the answer.” The older I get, the more I realize how little I know. I do know there is no single answer for managing mental illness. This is a life-long task, where we all have to figure out our own quirks and how to manage them. If my story can help you figure this out—great.
    Each time I speak about my experience, I find people are often one step removed from the devastation of mental illness or even suicide. Stories about mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, spouses, and children all make me wonder: Could we have stopped those deaths? If we are more aware, can we see the signs earlier and save a life?
    ​I think we can. In that belief, I offer my story. Proceeds from this book will be donated to programs and research to battle mental illness.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGreenleaf Book Group
    Release dateDec 20, 2016
    ISBN9781626344228
    Struck By Living (2nd Edition): From Depression to Hope

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    • 4/5
      An excellent memoir of depression. It stands out from other depression memoirs for two reasons:1. The author found anti-depressants ineffective and eventually benefited from electro-convulsive therapy, which isn't commonly used anymore but can yield miraculous results for treatment-resistant depression.2. The book shows that even the advantages of intelligence, a good education, wealth and a loving, supportive family and friends are no guarantee for mental health. This isn't one of those sob stories about an abusive family background or bad childhood or poverty. Julie Hersh came from a normal family, has a good marriage and two wonderful children and lots of friends, became wealthy and prosperous, and still became so depressed that she tried to commit suicide.In spite of the topic, the book manages to have an upbeat tone and the narrative moves along quickly. The only flaw I can find is that it skips back and forth in time too much for my taste. It's not so much that I had a hard time figuring out what was happening when, but it was a little jarring.(Disclaimer: the author gave me a free copy of her book for review.)
    • 5/5
      Julie chooses to live. This is her choice now. It was not always her choice.Her life story gives us a time line of when her depression surfaced and her journey to survival. She starts when she was a child, takes us through the teens years, college years & into the present. When did her depression actually start? Was it when she was a child, in her teen years or at college? Did she have post-departum depression after her first child? Was it due to her inter-faith marriage or her socio-economic level? These are the questions that makes you wonder when mental illness really strikes. It took several years of being a patient in many hospitals, changing medications and therapy to will her to survive. She is hoping that through her book, she can relay others aware that there is HOPE.
    • 5/5
      I have always loved this book. It has stuck with me for years as I continue on through my “journey” with depression. I hope one day I make it out to the other side, it’s hard to keep hope that there is one. But this book is a testament to indeed their can be some relief from depression .

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