#depression

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Book review: I finished reading Notes To John by Joan Didion, a series of summary notes she wrote about her therapy sessions with a focus on her relationship with her adopted daughter. Its coverage of adoption, personality disorders, depression, and substance use hit close to home for me. I would not recommend it to anyone who feels fragile around those topics. But, I did gain some insights by eavesdropping on Joan’s therapy sessions. Yes, some have raised the question of whether it was unethical to publish her notes. But at least one reviewer argued the way she left the notes suggested that she expected them to be read after her death.