Reviews
“Garry Cosnett is a generous and learned man who has had to face down serious clinical depression and multiple other challenges in his halting but ascendant journey of life. He makes clear the havoc a severe recurring depressive illness can bring to a life: his grandmother’s and mother’s “spells” and his own excruciating depressions.”
“More than that, he tells us stories that depict how he has mastered that havoc and created a life within, around, and in spite of his depressions. I hope this book will give hope and courage to many thousands of readers who are striving to conquer the havoc brought on by a wretched brain disease that we know only as depression.”
J. Raymond Depaulo, Jr., MD, University Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
“In his generously honest portrayal of living with depression, Garry Cosnett shares a hopeful message stressing the importance of advocating for yourself and trusting your family and treatment team. He is able to describe vividly his expereinces with depression in a way that will be comforting to those with this illness and educational for family members supporting them.”
Karen L. Swartz, MD, Myra S. Meyer Professor in Mood disorders. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Remarkable insight into depression— Everything Slows Down provides an intense, insider’s view of major depression. With extraordinary candor, Cosnett reveals his struggles to overcome depression—and offers wise guidance to other sufferers along the way. Highly recommended.
Ira Carnahan, vice president, T. Rowe Price Investment Management
I read Everything Slows Down this past weekend in a few hours. It is a poignant and honest memoir about Mr. Cosnett’s lifetime journey with depression and NEVER giving up on finding a cure. Despite the fact that he tried repeatedly to get the right medication/treatment, if one didn’t work, he would bravely try something new.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone who has gone through depression, feeling at times that they’ll never feel better.
Mr. Cosnett’s memoir gives hope to all.
Polly Lyons