III The Journey Out of the Prison of Depression
13 Fitting Yourself for the Journey
15 What You Need to Find Along the Way
The Consequences of Striving to Be Good
The World Is Neither Just Nor Unjust
Our Helplessness Is the Source of Our Strength
Changing Our Relationships with Other People
Our Rules about Our Relationships
Our Beliefs about Relationships
Our Skills in Our Relationships
Our Emotions in Our Relationships
21 Is Depression a Physical Illness?
The Classification of Depression
What Psychiatrists Say Publicly
What Psychiatrists Say Privately
Why Psychiatrists Insist that Depression Is a Physical Illness
Why Psychologists Insist that Depression Is a Physical Illness
The Cause and Outcome of Cancer and Heart Disease
What it Means to Be Told That You Have a Genetic Illness
24 Technical Terms – Keys to the Jargon
‘I would rather have a physical illness – any physical illness – rather than be depressed. Depression is the worst experience a person can have.’
Anyone who knows what it is to be depressed would agree. It is not just that being depressed means feeling