I Made It Through The Rain : A Story About Overcoming Panic Disorder
Author: Robert E Sterling
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ISBN: 0595214053
Publisher: Writer's Showcase Press (28 February, 2002)
Sales Rank: 643,432
Average Customer Rating: 3.12 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 1 out of 5
May be helpful to people without this disorder
Though this book appears to be true and sincere, it does little to address the issue of how the author actually "Made it through the Rain". I personally suffer from Panic attacks and Agoraphobia and I was hoping for advice of how to overcome my own anxiety disorders, This was not the case. While I could relate to much how the author describes this illness, it provides little insight into how to confront this disorder. This story may be helpful to provide information to people who do not have this affliction, but I found it to be of little use as a sufferer of this illness.
While I sympathize with Mr. Sterling, I personally believe that sympathy does not solve this illness. Understanding it more important than feeling sorry for yourself and asking for the pity of others. I've have also lost much to Panic Disorder... If you do not understand panic disorder, buy it. If you have Panic disorder, it only provides more dark emotions and a cycle of failures.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A reader with Agoraphobia isn't blind
I shared his book with two other individuals who know I suffer from agoraphobia and panic disorder before I read it myself. Their feedback was stating nothing more than this is another try to get rich quick through book writing, once again, to impress his family.
I have now finished the book and while I could relate to many of the inner feelings, the book offers nothing but self pity for the author. I bought this book hoping to make it "through the rain" myself. I read it and found the book severely lacking in any type sugestions other than strong-arming others into feeling sorry for you. If your depressed and want plently of excuses for people to feel sorry for you, this is your book. If your looking for a positive approach to deal with Agoraphobia, this book is a waste of your money. This same disorder has cost me much myself, including the purchase price of this book...
Rating: 3 out of 5
From someone still "in the rain"
It isn't necessary to understand or agree with everything in "I Made It Through The Rain" to gain new wisdom and hope from reading its story, and from the honesty and courage of its author. This is not "the true story of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia", it's the truth about one man's journey within the disorder, and within himself. His truth, because it is told in its raw reality, brings out the truth in the reader, and leads to hope, and toward one's own path "through the rain". I took only one break during the reading of this book, to attend a chat group for agoraphobia. The story holds the reader's interest beautifully, and Robert Sterling inspires almost despite himself. (Only the editing could have been improved, so I give it 3 stars. Content is 5 stars.)
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