title: Being Full of Light, Insubstantial
author:  Linda D. Addison 
description: Linda D. Addison is the first African-American recipient of the Bram Stoker Award and is the only author with fiction in three landmark anthologies that celebrate African-Americans speculative writers: the award-winning anthology <i>Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction</i> (Warner Aspect), <i>Dark Dreams I &amp; II</i> (Kensington), and <i>Dark Thirst</i> (Pocket Book). She has a bachelor of science in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University and currently works in the computer industry.
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  For Archie, Charlotte, Callum, Ray, Julia
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [Dedication](dedication.htm)
  
  
  [Introduction](introduction.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part One: Lightlessness](part_one_lightlessness.htm)
  
  
  [You’re sick enough](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a1)
  
  
  [Depression](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a2)
  
  
  [Depression is not](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a3)
  
  
  [Anxiety](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a4)
  
  
  [Anxiety is not](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a5)
  
  
  [Dissociation](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a6)
  
  
  [Coping statements for anxiety](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a7)
  
  
  [Doctors](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a8)
  
  
  [Preparing for a doctor’s appointment](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a9)
  
  
  [Templates for talking to a doctor](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a10)
  
  
  [Diagnosis](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a11)
  
  
  [Medication](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a12)
  
  
  [Things to remember about medication](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a13)
  
  
  [Reasons why people take antidepressants or
  antipsychotics](part_one_lightlessness.htm#a14