The Magic Seashells--Healing Depression and Childhood Abuse

by Kay Briggs

The Magic Seashells is an honest first-hand look at the world of abuse and its effects. Kay shares real incidents so that her readers in pain can identify with her. She then offers solutions and tells... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615157629
• ISBN13: 9780615157627
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Briggs Benchmarks
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Age Range: 21 years and up

Customer Reviews

The Magic Seashells

I thought this book would be difficult to read because its topic is child abuse, but I could not put it down. The real topic of the book is healing. The author wrote the book to share with others how she struggled with depression caused by almost unbelievable physical, emotional and sexual abuse and how she succeeded in finding self esteem and love. She talks of her attempts to deal with depression through whatever resources were available to her: Bible reading, anti-depression drugs, treatment by psychotherapists of varying skill and professionalism, Al Anon, primal therapy, prayer, nature, music and teaching. She persevered in her quest for competent people who could help her, and she worked very hard on her healing. She is proof that a person can heal and she has written this book to show others the way. She offers many helpful sayings, such as "the greater the darkness, the greater the light" and "when the student is ready, the teacher is provided," and concludes with lists of healing suggestions, helpful truths, musical selections and readings. The book is a gift of love from this remarkable woman.

A must read for anyone suffering from abuse

This book is a must for anyone, male or female, who may have been the victim of either sexual or mental abuse during their lifetime. The author writes from her heart about the tortures endured during her early childhood which had caused deep depression in her later years. She had been unable to find sufficient help to help her recognize and identify the roots of her problems, but was finally successful in this venture. She unveils the means by which one can learn to cope, forgive, and move on in life. What a wonderul story. Some portions of the story are hard to understand due to the nature of the subject, but this kind of thing happens more often than the average person would believe. Those who have suffered will certainly, I'm sure, gain from the wonderful insights offered in this book. I am a past Police investigator and have had numerous cases involving such tragedies as are spelled out here. I wish everyone who has ever suffered this type treatment could have this book to read. If this book helps only one victim to regain their mental stability, it will be all worth the time and expense born by the author. I congradulate her on her worthy efforts to help the many victims of this horrible crime.

Honest and Hopeful

I read The Magic Seashells when a friend gifted the book to me. I found it to be startling but gentle, candid but not horrific and, above all else, written from a place of peace and true healing. The author tells her true story of the abuse she encountered with appropriate details that do not overwhelm the reader with gore or tragedy. In fact, she leaves space for the reader, like me, to empathize, consider my own story and feel hopeful. If she ever felt like a victim, that persona is gone now and instead she expresses true reverence and compassion for herself and her perpetrators. She shares her own path to healing without asserting it to be the ONLY way. What is most clear is that there is/are ways out of PTSD, depression or whatever else we might be trapped in due to our own life story. The book left me feeling full and complete.