William Styron on His Memoir Darkness Visible in this 1990 Radio Interview

Novelist William Styron talks about his 1990 book Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness in this interview with Fresh Air. Styron recounts his battle with clinical depression in 1985 that led him to near suicide before he checked himself into a hospital and eventually improved. As a novelist, Styron was able to articulate his depressive episode in a way few other writers have. He provides some insight as to how he fell into such a severe episode which he felt was exacerbated by alcohol withdrawal and benzodiazepine withdrawal. Terry Gross asks him about how got better and he provides some insight as to why he thinks he improved in the hospital. For anyone looking to further understand this devastating mental illness, Styron's book is a must-read (or listen!).

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