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Darkness Visible A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to...

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

The speaker mentioned this title while contrasting it with 'When Things Fall Apart,' implying that Pema Chodron's book felt more relatable and less academic about depression.

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And I don't mean something like Liam Starrone's Darkness visible.

— Episode: Jerry Colonna, 'CEO Whisperer' and Reboo...

Episode: Jerry Colonna, 'CEO Whisperer' and Reboot.io Found...

The speaker mentioned this title while contrasting it with 'When Things Fall Apart,' implying that Pema Chodron's book felt more relatable and less academic about depression.

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And I don't mean something like Liam Starrone's Darkness visible.

Episode: Jerry Colonna, 'CEO Whisperer' and Reboot.io Found...

This book was mentioned as an example of depression literature that felt different from what Pema Chdrn's book conveyed to Jerry Colonna.

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And I don't mean something like Liam Starrone's Darkness visible.

Stay Tuned with Preet

It was mentioned as a book about mental illness written by William Styron, and was referenced by David Chang as one of the few good examples of literature discussing the topic.

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And, you know, just talking about mental illness is off putting for so many people like, oh, I don't want to hear this. This is like whatever. This is too depressing, literally. And I think that was t...

— Episode: What's Eating Us (with David Chang)

Episode: What's Eating Us (with David Chang)

It was mentioned as a book about mental illness written by William Styron, and was referenced by David Chang as one of the few good examples of literature discussing the topic.

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And, you know, just talking about mental illness is off putting for so many people like, oh, I don't want to hear this. This is like whatever. This is too depressing, literally. And I think that was the problem is more and more people, at least in my business, in my world suffered from some form of mental illness.

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