{"id":138509,"date":"2021-04-23T22:55:18","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T02:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/138509"},"modified":"2021-04-23T22:55:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T02:55:18","slug":"darkness-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/138509","title":{"rendered":"Darkness Visible"},"content":{"rendered":"The New York Times\u2013bestselling memoir of crippling depression and the struggle for recovery by the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of Sophie\u2019s Choice. In the summer of 1985, William Styron became numbed by disaffection, apathy, and despair, unable to speak or walk while caught in the grip of advanced depression. His struggle with the disease culminated in a wave of obsession that nearly drove him to suicide, leading him to seek hospitalization before the dark tide engulfed him. Darkness Visible tells the story of Styron\u2019s recovery, laying bare the harrowing realities of clinical depression and chronicling his triumph over the disease that had claimed so many great writers before him. His final words are a call for hope to all who suffer from mental illness that it is possible to emerge from even the deepest abyss of despair and \u201conce again behold the stars.\u201d This ebook features a new illustrated biography of William Styron, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Styron family and the Duke University Archives.

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The New York Times\u2013bestselling memoir of crippling depression and the struggle for recovery by the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning author of Sophie\u2019s Choice. In the summer of 1985, William Styron became numbed by disaffection, apathy, and despair, unable to speak or walk while caught in the grip of advanced depression. His struggle with the disease culminated in … Continue reading Darkness Visible<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[696,16124,37641,43325,19,37603,37623,37732,37653,43323,37597,16121,37578,37730,43317,43324,37655,43326,40160,37606,37609,36857,37602,39792,37601,37604,37600,16120,37654,43327,43316,37598,37659,43312,37599,37638,34012,43330,43328,43329,23,41908,35568,38147,43243,33777,43321,43331,43314,43322,43315,37010,43319,43313,43318,43320],"class_list":["post-138509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-causes-and-prevention","tag-anxiety","tag-anxiety-and-depression","tag-anxiety-and-phobia-workbook","tag-anxiety-and-stress-relief-supplements","tag-anxiety-attack","tag-anxiety-attack-symptoms","tag-anxiety-attacks-symptoms","tag-anxiety-books","tag-anxiety-books-free","tag-anxiety-bracelet-for-women","tag-anxiety-definition","tag-anxiety-disorder","tag-anxiety-disorder-symptoms","tag-anxiety-dog-bed","tag-anxiety-during-coronavirus","tag-anxiety-essential-oils","tag-anxiety-games","tag-anxiety-in-relationship","tag-anxiety-journal","tag-anxiety-lyrics","tag-anxiety-meaning","tag-anxiety-medication","tag-anxiety-medications","tag-anxiety-meditation","tag-anxiety-meds","tag-anxiety-quiz","tag-anxiety-quotes","tag-anxiety-relief","tag-anxiety-relief-games","tag-anxiety-relief-items","tag-anxiety-song","tag-anxiety-symptoms","tag-anxiety-symptoms-in-women","tag-anxiety-synonym","tag-anxiety-test","tag-anxiety-workbook","tag-panic","tag-panic-at-the-disco-merchandise","tag-panic-at-the-disco-poster","tag-panic-at-the-disco-shirt","tag-panic-attack","tag-panic-attack-relief","tag-panic-attack-symptoms","tag-panic-attack-treatment","tag-panic-attack-vs-anxiety-attack","tag-panic-attacks","tag-panic-attacks-and-anxiety","tag-panic-attacks-and-anxiety-relief","tag-panic-attacks-symptoms","tag-panic-button","tag-panic-buying","tag-panic-disorder","tag-panic-disorder-symptoms","tag-panic-room","tag-panic-stream","tag-the-panic-room-got-cha-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138509"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}