Talk to Me

"Talk to Me" is an important picture book in terms of both understanding the experiences of an adult suffering from depression and the experiences of a child who is forced to cope with this difficult situation. The idea of narrating these experiences with the help of images and words seems to be important because it makes it impossible to pass by the subject indifferently. The arrangements of the scenes, the colors, and the action that takes place convey the emotional climate of a house with depression - feelings of sadness, loneliness, abandonment, and helplessness. Once you have seen this book, you cannot "unsee" it. The title is a call from a child who experiences a parent - mother or father - as one who is lost in his or her thoughts and can no longer return, or a parent who is so frightened that this child feels compelled to look after him or her. Therefore, " Talk to me" is a request by the child that the topic of depression is not a taboo subject, that there is someone to talk to, i.e. another adult, about his or her suffering and anxiety, a chance to have a conversation in which help can be found. A request not to be left alone. The title is also a call from an adult who has fallen somewhere so deep that he cannot hear or see his loved ones, but who is unable to extricate himself from this collapse.