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Eagle Born to Fly: Finding Life Beyond
Depression by Sharon C. Matthies
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anyone struggling with depression, or struggling to understand loved
ones who suffer from it, Eagle Born to Fly provides a compassionate
insight into the maze of dark and mangled thinking that often characterizes
chronic depression. Eagle Born to Fly speaks empathy, hope and encouragement
to anyone who wrestles to find meaning and life from within their
own darkness of depression.
Despite a reasonably normal and happy childhood, author Sharon
Matthies spent most of her life struggling with despair and feelings
of failure. Her teen years and early twenties were constantly shadowed
by chronic (and undiagnosed) low-level depression (dysthymia). A
major breakdown in the early 1980’s forced her to finally
seek help through counselling, medication and even brief periods
of hospitalization for the growing suicidal tendencies that refused
to go away.
After yet another debilitating bout of depression in early 2002,
Sharon spent many months intensely concentrating on “rewiring
her attic”, finding her way through the maze of mangled thinking
that had crippled her for so long, coming face to face with the
lies that lay buried deep beneath those dark and distorted thoughts.
She countered each lie with the truth of her self-worth, diligently
and compassionately rewriting her internal dialogues. In the process
Sharon learned how to manage her symptoms well enough to be able
to find more meaningful life beyond the fatigue and anxiety that
have plagued her for most of her life.
In Eagle Born to Fly, Matthies recounts that process, weaving together
the three strands of her chronological, spiritual and emotional
evolvement. She uses an exquisite blend of inspiring poetry, powerful
dreams and compelling narrative to tell the story of her journey
through that darkness, gently and compassionately leading the reader
through that lonely labyrinth of self-rejection into a hopeful,
more contented lifestyle. The result is a triumphant story of hope
and survival that shows how courage and truth can win out over despair,
empowering the Eagle Born to Fly within each of us to find our own
piece of the sky and soar above the chaos to find meaningful life
beyond the lostness of our own mangled thinking.
Sharon C. Matthies was born in 1955 and raised in small-town Ontario.
She has worked as a preschool teacher, government clerk, computer
network administrator and now is following her life-long dream of
writing. Sharon continues to write from her home in Ottawa, Ontario,
enjoying her husband André’s culinary creations and
celebrating her “life beyond depression”.
- Prologue: Beginning
at the Happy Ending
- Part 1 - Getting There
- Part 2 - Being There
- Part 3 - Getting Out of There
- Part 4 - Relapse and Rebound
- Part 5- Life Around the Bend
- Part 6 - The Grand Finale
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