Shadows in the sun: healing from depression and finding the light within

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Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Prologue -- Bright beginnings -- Diwali at rama iyengar road -- Mantras & miniskirts -- Veil of darkness -- Tomb of terror -- American knight -- Passport to paradise -- Shadows in the sun -- A welcome respite -- Blessed motherhood -- Postpartum blues -- Descent into darkness -- Breakdown -- Prisoner in paradise -- Awakening -- Finding the light within -- On the road to recovery -- From adversity to advocacy -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Wellness resources -- Disorders on the depression continuum -- About the author.;As a young girl in Bangalore, Gayathri was surrounded by the fragrance of jasmine and flickering oil lamps, her family protected by Hindu gods and goddesses. But as she grew older, demons came forth from the dark corners of her fairytale-like kingdom?with the scariest creatures lurking within her. The daughter of a respected Brahmin family, Gayathri began to feel different.?I can hardly eat, sleep, or think straight. The only thing I can do is cry unending tears." Her parents insisted it was all in her head. Because traditional Hindu culture has no concept of depression, no doctor could dia.