Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within by Gayathri Ramprasad is now available for free ePub download or online reading.<\/p>\n
Intro:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEveryone who struggles with a mental illness, or who knows anyone with depression, anxiety, or any other mental illness, must read this engrossing true story of courage in the face of heartbreaking adversity.\u201d As a young girl in Bangalore, Gayathri was surrounded by the fragrance of jasmine and flickering oil lamps, her family protected by Hindu gods and goddesses. But as she grew older, demons came forth from the dark corners of her idyllic kingdom\u2014with the scariest creatures lurking within her. Gayathri\u2019s inspiring story provides a first-of-its-kind cross-cultural view of mental illness\u2014how it is regarded in India and in America, and how she drew on both her rich Hindu heritage and Western medicine to find healing.. First published January 1, 2014. Original format: ebook. Pages: 259. #shadows-in-the-sun-ebook #shadows-in-the-sun-epub #read #download<\/p>\n User Rating: 4.13 (based on 311 ratings)<\/p>\n Download EPUB Shadows in the Sun: Healing from Depression and Finding the Light Within by Gayathri Ramprasad<\/strong><\/p>\n \ud83d\udcc1 File details: shadows-in-the-sun.epub<\/em><\/p>\n
\u2014Dilip V. Jeste, MD, president, American Psychiatric Association<\/p>\n
The daughter of a respected Brahmin family, Gayathri began to feel different. \u201cI can hardly eat, sleep, or think straight. The only thing I can do is cry unending tears.\u201d Her parents insisted it was all in her head. Because traditional Indian culture had no concept of depression as an illness, no doctor could diagnose and no medicine could heal her mysterious malady.
This memoir traces Gayathri\u2019s courageous battle with the depression that consumed her from adolescence through marriage and a move to the United States. It was only after the birth of her first child, when her husband discovered her in the backyard \u201cclawing the earth furiously with my bare hands, intent on digging a grave so that I could bury myself alive\u201d that she finally found help. After a stay in a psych ward she eventually found \u201cthe light within,\u201d an emotional and spiritual awakening from the darkness of her tortured mind.<\/p>\n