Why read I Had a Black Dog?

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'I Had a Black Dog says with wit, insight, economy and complete understanding what other books take 300 pages to say. Brilliant and indispensable.' - Stephen Fry

'Finally, a book about depression that isn't a prescriptive self-help manual. Johnston's deftly expresses how lonely and isolating depression can be for sufferers.…

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1 author picked I Had a Black Dog as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

James Withey

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Sometimes pictures express depression better than words, and that’s the case in this beautiful, powerful and hopeful little book. Depression can be hard to describe, hard to find the words to tell other people how you feel. Matthew Johnstone uses Winston Churchill’s image of depression as a black dog and in 48 pages reveals what depression can do to you.

This book is especially good to show to your loved ones when you’re finding it hard to express the pain of your depression.

From James' list on manage bloody depression.