by VanessaVega (Author)
When Vanessa Vega would feel the darkness begin to come over her, she would do anything, hoping to escape it. Take a hot bath. Read a book. Watch TV. Talk to a friend. But then, finally, unable to fight it any longer, she would give in, head into the bathroom...and cut. Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light is a disturbing yet ultimately redemptive and inspiring memoir of a young woman compelled to injure herself in an attempt to cope with her overwhelming feelings of anxiety in the only way she knew how. Though still unknown to many, this disorder affects an estimated one per cent of the population...and is on the rise, especially among teens. This affecting, heartwrenching book follows author Vanessa Vega's progress as she climbs her way back to emotional health and rebuilds her life. Readers will go inside the mind of a 'cutter', taking the journey with her as she struggles against her exhausting and shameful secret ritual.As Vega faces the anger and insecurity that lead to each encounter - while working with a therapist to understand the real motivating factors behind her behavior - Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light reveals what brings many to this disorder...and what can lead them out. With stunning insight, Vega has written a moving first-person account of self-injury, struggle, and redemption.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: Amacom
Published: 01 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0814474233
ISBN 13: 9780814474235
-Publisher's Weekly
-Treatment Online
- Health News Digest
-About.com
-Pegasus News
-Centre for Emotional Well-Being blog
-Lifesigns: Self-injury Guidance and Network Support
-About.com
... more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion.
-About.com
It is a tribute to Vanessa Vega that her account is infused with gentleness. Kindness toward herself was one of the hardest things for Vega to grasp in recovery. Asking that readers view her life with care is a mark of healing and hope. This is perhaps the book's most lasting gift, because it is more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion. Because Vega has learned more about compassion and forgiveness in her own life, the request she makes of readers feels honoring.
-About.com
A well written book that provides an insight into the mind of someone battling an eating disorder and self-injury.
-Centre for Emotional Well-Being blog
Her work is cleanly wrought and raw with emotion.
-Publisher's Weekly
Vanessa is clearly a talented writer, [...] I feel that this is a positive contribution to the existing self-injury literature.
-Lifesigns: Self-injury Guidance and Network Support
The author's overarching tone throughout the two-hundred page work is a tone of sincerity and brutal honesty.
-Pegasus News
Her work is cleanly wrought and raw with emotion.
-Publisher's Weekly
Vanessa is clearly a talented writer, [...] I feel that this is a positive contribution to the existing self-injury literature.
-Lifesigns: Self-injury Guidance and Network Support
. .. more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion.
-About.com
It is a tribute to Vanessa Vega that her account is infused with gentleness. Kindness toward herself was one of the hardest things for Vega to grasp in recovery. Asking that readers view her life with care is a mark of healing and hope. This is perhaps the book's most lasting gift, because it is more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion. Because Vega has learned more about compassion and forgiveness in her own life, the request she makes of readers feels honoring.
-About.com
The author's overarching tone throughout the two-hundred page work is a tone of sincerity and brutal honesty.
-Pegasus News
More importantly, the book is a story of hope for others who grapple with the same disorders.
- Health News Digest
Vega shows that it is possible to both overcome stigma and change misapprehensions.
-Treatment Online
.. . more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion.
-About.com
Vanessa is clearly a talented writer, [...] I feel that this is a positive contribution to the existing self-injury literature.
-Lifesigns: Self-injury Guidance and Network Support
A well written book that provides an insight into the mind of someone battling an eating disorder and self-injury.
-Centre for Emotional Well-Being blog
Her work is cleanly wrought and raw with emotion.
-Publisher's Weekly
It is a tribute to Vanessa Vega that her account is infused with gentleness. Kindness toward herself was one of the hardest things for Vega to grasp in recovery. Asking that readers view her life with care is a mark of healing and hope. This is perhaps the book's most lasting gift, because it is more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion. Because Vega has learned more about compassion and forgiveness in her own life, the request she makes of readers feels honoring.
-About.com
.. . more than an account of issues that can be horrifying. It's a call to a greater level of compassion.
-About.com
Vega shows that it is possible to both overcome stigma and change misapprehensions.
-Treatment Online
More importantly, the book is a story of hope for others who grapple with the same disorders.
-Health News Digest
The author's overarching tone throughout the two-hundred page work is a tone of sincerity and brutal honesty.
-Pegasus News
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