Andrew Solomon: Depression, the secret we share
Андрю Соломон: Депресията - тайната, която споделяме.
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flashing on my answering machine,
I'd have to get the food out
ще трябва да извадя храната
over in November, I can do it."
до ноември, мога да се справя."
second, the way that does,
of my lying and staring at it,
на лежане и взиране в него,
through a concentration camp,
след концентрационен лагер,
access to good treatment.
достъп до добро лечение.
or a philosophical cure?"
или от философско?"
you're functioning a little better,
функционираш малко по-добре,
на практика без да се движи,
that experience some years later --
преживяване няколко години по-късно --
named Maggie Robbins —
и е поет и психотерапевт --
things my mind was saying,
които ума ми казваше,
those existential questions
тези екзистенциални въпроси
to write about my depression,
да пиша за моята депресия,
her such advice as I could.
такъв съвет, какъвто можех.
this wouldn't make any sense,
това няма да има смисъл,
kinds of therapy that worked,
вида терапия, които работят.
about what's worked for them.
за това, което е проработило при тях.
she had tried pretty much everything,
общо взето е пробвала всичко
and hoped I would tell the world,
и се надявала да кажа на света
at alternative treatments,
алтернативните лечения,
my experience to someone,
Western mental health workers,
западните работници по умственото здраве,
right after the genocide."
точно след геноцида."
to get people's blood going.
за да раздвижат кръвта на хората.
electroshock treatment.
електрошокова процедура.
relatives you never knew?'
не си познавал ли плачеш?"
poor people with depression.
бедните хора с депресия.
distributed in the population,
разпространена сред населението,
and that's not being treated
и не е лекувана
come in for other health problems
идват заради други здравословни проблеми
of the experimental protocol.
от експериментален протокол.
pull the covers over my head,
да дръпна завивките над главата ми.
this experimental protocol,
експериментален протокол
all together and everything.
the covers pulled over my head,
The New York Times Magazine
списание Ню Йорк Таймс
the very bottom rung of society
най-нисшата прослойка на обществото,
continuous with normal sadness?"
последователност ли е на обикновената тъга?"
with normal sadness.
последователност на нормалната тъга.
the house for 100 years
къщата за 100 години
докато не се превърне в куп
"Бях депресиран преди много време
until that day 20 years ago
до преди 20 години,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Solomon - WriterAndrew Solomon writes about politics, culture and psychology.
Why you should listen
Andrew Solomon is a writer, lecturer and Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University. He is president of PEN American Center. He writes regularly for The New Yorker and the New York Times.
Solomon's newest book, Far and Away: Reporting from the Brink of Change, Seven Continents, Twenty-Five Years was published in April, 2016. His previous book, Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity won the National Book Critics Circle award for nonfiction, the Wellcome Prize and 22 other national awards. It tells the stories of parents who not only learn to deal with their exceptional children but also find profound meaning in doing so. It was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback editions. Solomon's previous book, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, won the 2001 National Book Award for Nonfiction, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize and was included in The Times of London's list of one hundred best books of the decade. It has been published in twenty-four languages. Solomon is also the author of the novel A Stone Boat and of The Irony Tower: Soviet Artists in a Time of Glasnost.
Solomon is an activist in LGBT rights, mental health, education and the arts. He is a member of the boards of directors of the National LGBTQ Force and Trans Youth Family Allies. He is a member of the Board of Visitors of Columbia University Medical Center, serves on the National Advisory Board of the Depression Center at the University of Michigan, is a director of Columbia Psychiatry and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Solomon also serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yaddo and The Alex Fund, which supports the education of Romani children. He is also a fellow of Berkeley College at Yale University and a member of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Council on Foreign Relations.
Solomon lives with his husband and son in New York and London and is a dual national. He also has a daughter with a college friend; mother and daughter live in Texas but visit often.
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