My depression is not something very special. A lot of people go through depression. My divorce is not something very special; a lot of people go through divorce.
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In my experience, divorce takes you out for about 10 years, but you hear people talk about it lightly. The same with depression. You only have to have one good breakdown before you realize you need help. It's pretty frightening.
My own life was filled with so much love and joy that when depression struck, it was like a prison door slamming shut and I was being placed in an isolation cell. No one else could possibly be feeling what I was. I hated my depression and all of its symptoms.
I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
I do suffer from depression, I suppose. Which isn't that unusual. You know, a lot of people do.
Depression is so treacherous - it can be so alluring as well as punishing. After all, it's yours and yours alone - no one else can interfere with it.
I suffer depression only in the sense that I am a writer. We don't have proper jobs to go to. We are on our own all day. Show me a writer who doesn't get depressed: who has a completely stable mood. They'd be a garage mechanic or something.
I have a tremendous battle with melancholy and depression.
I fight manic-depression, and I have been able to live battling that sadness that I get sometimes.
I still get awful depression. It's who I am.
I am not a depressive person at all.
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