Hope for Wholeness: The Spiritual Path to Freedom from Depression (edit title)

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Liked It Rated 4 stars “What a candid portrayal of the confusion and darkness experienced by Sharon Fawcett during the terrible years of her illness. She explores her personal descent and recovery with revelations not discussed in other books.” see full review » see other reviews »

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  • Rated 4 stars

  “What a candid portrayal of the confusion and darkness experienced by Sharon Fawcett during the terrible years of her illness. She explores her personal descent and recovery with revelations not discussed in other books. ”

  Jacks wrote this review Monday, August 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No

  
  
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  “This is a personal book in which Sharon Fawcett draws upon her nine year battle with depression. A committed Christian, Sharon fought hard to maintain a façade of a happy, productive and fulfilled follower of Jesus. But then her wall of cards collapsed and she found herself in darkness. She attempted suicide, succumbing to the devil’s lies that she was a failure and that her family would be better off without her. After years of years of counseling and stints in mental hospitals, including electrical shock therapy, Fawcett began to include a spiritual component to her treatment. After being involved in a deliverance ministry, her depression ended. But, as she notes, her journey to wholeness was just beginning. (176)
  
  This book is valuable to both those who battle depression as well as to those who are caregivers to the depressed. Fawcett helps remove the stigma of depression from Christians. Too often we believe the lie that depression isn’t something a spiritual person should have to deal with or if they’re battling depression there is some deep hidden sin that is the reason. Instead, she exposes the strong lies that binds us with fear and shame and destroys our self-worth. She encourages a holistic approach to battling depression, one that addresses body, mind and spirit.
  
  In addition to drawing upon her own life, Fawcett also includes several vignettes from the lives of others, individuals who overcame great odds and who serve as examples for those struggling with depression.
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  Sagecoveredhills wrote this review Saturday, November 29 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No