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Black Rainbow is the powerful first-person account of one woman's have a problem with depression and exactly how she were able to get over it through the energy of poetry. In 1997, Oxford graduate, working mother, and Times journalist Rachel Kelly travelled from being mildly troubled to being completely struggling to function within the space of just three days and nights. Recommended antidepressants by her doctor, and supported by her husband and her family, Rachel little by little began to progress, but her stress and anxiety levels remained high, and six years later, as a stay-at-home mother, she suffered a second collapse a whole lot worse than the first. Throughout both of Rachel's times of severe despair, the healing electricity of poetry became a fundamental element of her recovery. As a person who had always adored poetry, it became something for Rachel to cling on to in times of need - from repeating brief mantras to learning and reciting whole poems - these words and verses became a powerful push for change in her life. In Black Rainbow Rachel analyses why poetry can be one answer to despair, and the book contains a decided on 40 of the poems that provided Rachel with solace and comfort during her breakdown and recovery. At a time when mental health issues and depression are becoming more common, and the stigma around such issues is finally being raised, this book offers a lifeline for anyone seeking to understand despair and seek new ways to treat it. Poetry is free, does not have any side-effects and, as Rachel can attest, 'prescribing words instead of pills' is definitely an incredibly powerful solution.

Category: Depression

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Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Language	English
ISBN
DATE	2014-04
Author	Rachel Kelly

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