I listened to this on audio and it was perfect. I love how the author reads it. It had me laughing out loud PLENTY of times! But it also gave me some better insight into what it feels like to have depression. Like she says, everyone experiences it differently, but the people I know with depression have a hard time explaining exactly how it feels. Like her spoon analogy. You start the day off with so many spoons, perhaps ones you accumulated the day before. You get a spoon for every time you accomplish something that gives you a boost of confidence, or helps make your life easier. Get a chore done? Spoon. Call mom? Spoon. Those spoons give you the strength and energy to make it through the day to accomplish more things and be around others with their spoons. Meanwhile, with depression, it's hard even starting the day. You don't have any spoons from the day before, so even building up the energy to even begin the first spoon-earning task is difficult. But depression has the power to take spoons away, as well. Have to interact with mom? Take away a spoon. Have to go to busy grocery store with people? Take away a spoon. Depression makes you feel guilty about your life and your actions, and takes away those energy-spoons. So this book is a wonderful work of literature that is great for people of all mental stabilities, either giving you a different point of view, or letting you know you aren't alone in your depression.